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Middle Distance
Winning Running: Successful 800m and 1500m Racing and Training Peter Coe	Better Training for Distance Runners Peter Coe, Seb Coe (foreword)	Running to the Top Arthur Lydiard

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Written by the father and coach of Sebastain Coe, the winner of nine World Records and three World Bests, this book analyses the 800m and 1500m events in detail to provide an understanding of what is required to race and win. All the vital components of event training are included from fitness testing, mental conditioning and multi-pace training, to post-event analysis.	This text integrates scientific principles about how the body adapts to training with practical information on designing individualized training programmes for middle- and long-distance runners. It covers: the biomechanics and biochemistry of running; goal-setting for competitive runners; developing a plan for total body fitness; strategies for successful racing from the 800-metre through the marathon; integrating psychological and psychiological aspects of athlete development; and stress management.
Marathon
Marathon Running for Mortals: An Ordinary Mortal's Guide to the Joy of Running or Walking a Marathon or Half-marathon	Marathon Training for Dummies	4 Months to a 4 Hour Marathon Dave Kulhes

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Once considered a feat for superhuman athletes alone, the marathon is now within the reach of any ordinary person. Former couch potato and "Runner's World" columnist John Bingham has joined forces with coach Jenny Hadfield to create a plan designed to work for all. In "Marathon Running for Mortals" the reader will find: eight different training programmes to run, run-walk, walk-run or walk the marathon or half-marathon; the advice you need physically, mentally and emotionally; tips to help you customise your training, buy the right shoes and clothing, and eat the best foods; and guidance on common running problems.	An compact, plain-English guide to getting in shape for a marathon More than 400,000 people run marathons every year. Millions more aspire to this ultimate runner's test-a grueling road race over a course that's 26 miles, 385 yards long. This small-trim For Dummies guide shows first-time marathoners how to realize their dreams-and helps veteran marathoners shave minutes off their time. Written by one of the top professional road racers in the U.S. today, the book presents a complete marathon training program, offering savvy advice on nutrition, hydration, stretching, injury prevention, mental preparation, and other issues that are key to success.	Tells how to select a marathon in which to compete, and offers a timetable for getting ready for the race and advice on diet, training, pace, fluids, and mental attitude
Young Athletes
Distance Training for Young Athletes (Meyer & Meyer Sport) Arthur Lydiard, Gareth Gilmore	Training for Young Distance Runners Larry Greene, Joe Newton (Foreword)

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Providing instruction on distance training for young athletes up to the age of 18, this book contains guidance on how to keep distance running enjoyable for children, teenagers and their coaches. The book discusses the philosophy, physiology and techniques of running for fun and success; explains the principles of training; discusses the value of vitamins and minerals coupled with a healthy diet; shows how pupil and coach can best work together; and sets out special schedules to guide the training of all age groups. The methods explained here have been tested on young athletes for more than three decades, most recently on a large group of youngsters in Auckland.	This text aims to help runners and coaches understand how much to run at various stages of development and how to design appropriate training programmes
Speed Training
Sports Speed Bob Ward	Training for Speed and Endurance Peter Raeburn	High-powered Plyometrics James Radcliffe

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This title emphasises multi-directional techniques to improve athletes' ability to start, stop, change direction and accelerate. It includes sample programmes for basketball, football, baseball/softball, soccer, tennis and track; and programmes for developing sports-specific playing speed.	Training for sport developed at a bewildering pace during the 1990s and left coaches and athletes struggling to keep up with all the theories on offer and then to apply the most effective ones to their daily training regimens. The contributors to this book are sports specialists keen to bridge the gap between laboratory findings and athlete preparation. Areas covered include: exercise physiology essentials, speed training methods, endurance training methods, periodisation of speed and endurance, conditioning the team player, recovery training, nutrition for sports performance, and injury treatment and prevention. Training for speed and endurance should help you to make sense of all the new techniques and the latest research.	This edition pushes the boundaries of explosive sports training exercises both in terms of the detail of information and the difficulty of some of the exercises. It includes a year-round development programme.