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Road Running, Cross Country & Marathon

Coaching Cross Country Successfully by Joe Newton, Joe Henderson
This complete guide for coaching cross-country covers the fundamental issues, including communication, motivation, organization, practice, event, and season planning, liability protection, and program building. Also provided are specific approaches to workouts, race strategy, training schedules, athlete evaluation and improvement, nutrition, and more. 15 illustrations. 69 photos . 

Daniels Running Formula by Jack Daniels, Tudor O. Bompa, Alberto Salazar
Coaching legend Jack Daniels gives you everything you need to put together a complete program for training and racing: Daniels' VDOT formula for determining your ideal training pace; four comprehensive phases of training and how to customize them to fit your individual schedule; pacing tables and detailed programs for 1500 to 3000 meters, 5K to 15K, half-marathon, and marathon; winning race strategies; and intensity guidelines to prevent overtraining and injury. 

Running Injury-Free : How to Prevent, Treat and Recover from Dozens of Painful Problems
by Joe Ellis, Joe Henderson


Running With the Legends: Training and Racing Insights from 21 Great Runners, by Michael Sandrock
This is a very entertaining book for athletes & coaches.

More than a collection of biographies, Running with the Legends provides the closest and most complete look at how running and runners have changed, from the great Emil Zatopek in the 1940s to the superlative Uta Pippog in the '90s. The all-star list includes Sebastian Coe, Bill Rodgers,Priscilla Welch, Steve Jones, Toshihiko Seko, Rosa Mota, Arturo Barrios, and many others. 67 illustrations.



Serious Training for Endurance Athletes by Rob Sleamaker, Ray Browning (1996)


Paula Newby-Fraser's Peak Fitness for Women : High-Level Training for Women
by Paula Newby-Fraser, John M. Mora.

Go beyond the basics of training with Paula Newby-Fraser's Peak Fitness for Women! In this book, seven-time Hawaii Ironman champion Paula Newby-Fraser presents a total fitness program that shows you how to overcome personal barriers and realize your athletic potential in training and competition. Inside you'll find practical, no-nonsense information on flexibility training, strength training, and cross-training. You'll also learn how to stay motivated, how to mentally prepare for a competition, how to read the physical signals that your body needs rest, how to meet the unique nutritional needs of female athletes, and much more. Most importantly, the book tells you how to put it all together and develop a successful training schedule that fits into your busy lifestyle. Learn from the "greatest all-around female athlete in the world" what it takes to achieve optimal fitness and perform your best in competition! 



Lore of Running, by Timothy Noakes. A vast source of training, nutrition, and medical advice and research.

Bill Rodgers and Priscilla Welch on Masters Running and Racing, by Bill Rodgers, et al

Bill Rodgers' Lifetime Running Plan: Definitive Programs for Runners of All Ages and Levels, by Bill Rodgers

Marathon: The Ultimate Training and Racing Guide, by Hal Higdon

Once A Runner, by John L. Parker. Great fiction.

Running and Racing After 35, by Allan Lawrence, Mark Scheid
 
 



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