Are you an athlete, specifically a runner, with a low back injury? Are you looking to get back to running as soon as possible? Get back to running quickly with a new book from an avid runner with over a decade of experience in successful running recovery. Trained by world class coaches through her late blooming running career, Erin Kanoa, an ex pre-Olympic athlete, and avid distance trail runner, details out a master plan for your swift return to the trail or the streets. Laced with humor and real world experience, you will feel confident in her approach to getting your running back on track.

This book details how to start your running programme and specifically covers the steps necessary to tackle the 5k distance. This is an ideal distance to start with as it only requires on average 30 minutes of running Following the advice offered in this book will enable you to start running and be fit enough to be running a 5k race within 8 weeks. In this book you will find all the main areas that need to be covered to take someone from no running experience to being able to run 5k in a reasonable time. Topics such as, .The Benefits of running, .Preparation - the essentials, .Training - following the plan, .Racing - how to approach your first race, .Evaluating - taking stock of how you ran, .Injuries and how to prevent them, .Exercises - some essential ones for runners and more.... Following the simply laid out information will enable anyone to start running and enjoy the experience of entering their first 5k race.

Overthinking the Marathon is an intimate look at one man's preparation for his 21st marathon. Reading Overthinking the Marathon is like having Ray as your partner for a season of training, 17 weeks that culminate in the 2012 Cape Cod Marathon. Some days Ray talks about the nitty-gritty details, other days, it's about the things that make running interesting and fun, even - no, especially - when it hurts. Training for his marathon is important to Ray, but he leavens his obsessiveness with a dry humor that acknowledges that one mid-packer's race isn't going to change the world. "Ray Charbonneau insists he hasn't written a marathon guide, and he's right. Instead, he's loaning himself out as a thoughtful, veteran, and funny training partner. You couldn't find a better one as you get ready for your next 26.2-miler." -Amby Burfoot, 1968 Boston Marathon winner and Editor-At-Large, Runner's World "Marathon running is the easy part. It's the thinking that's the challenging part for the long-distance runner. Ray shares his internal dialogue with us as he readies himself for one more attempt at 26.2." -Dave Goodrich, the "Marathon Maine-iac" (Marathon Maniac #238) "Ray is the opposite of me: he's speedy, understands math, and cares about the weather. I have instructed his cat to keep him awake until he agrees to pace me." -Vanessa Rodriguez, author of The Summit Seeker: Memoirs of a Trail Running Nomad

Rave Reviews: "A masterful job of breaking down the impossible, and making it seem very much within reach if you have dedication, focus, and desire" -- 'Hurricane' Bob Mina, 6-time Ironman Finisher // Ironman Kona, Hawaii. Inspiring. Daunting. Stunning. Humbling. Exhilarating. The greatest triathlon in the world. The Ironman Triathlon World Championship. It all starts in Kona. Ask any triathlete why they took up the sport, and they will reply with one word: Kona. Ask if they want to compete there someday, and the answer will be: yes. Each year, more than 50,000 triathletes race for the chance of qualifying to compete in Kona. Competition is fierce and getting tougher each year, but if you want it bad enough, you can achieve the dream: you can earn the right to Race Kona. If you aspire to go to Kona, here's what you want to know: where can I qualify? What does it take to qualify? How can I do it with a full-time job and family? What kind of training plans are effective? what is it like to race and qualify? What is it like to race in Kona? Again and again and again? This book has it all, and more. Detail about racing, qualifying times. Thorough exploration of three racing seasons where the author qualified for Kona, including training plan strategies, details and results. Beyond theory: this book is defined by real data, real performance, time-tested training and racing perspective. Do you dream of qualifying for Kona? This book shows how the dream comes true.

Despu s del diagn stico m dico desalentador y saber que poco a poco perder a la movilidad en todo mi cuerpo, aceptar y asumir la dolorosa enfermedad y comprender el gran valor que tiene el dar un paso, s lo un paso a la vez y decidir que mientras pudiera y Dios me lo permitiera me mantendr a en movimiento corriendo, trotando o caminando, comienza una aventura en kil metros, que a n a contra diagn stico me ha ayudado a mejorar por mucho mi estado de salud, encontrando a lo largo de este reto, lecciones de vida que deseo compartir contigo en estas p ginas, con el nico fin que t, amigo lector, encuentres una esperanza, una motivaci n o una puerta abierta hacia el poder del movimiento, la convicci n, el esfuerzo, la buena actitud ante las circunstancias y de fe. Tambi n con el fin de que esto te lleve a lograr tu propio prop sito, a disfrutar y hacer de cada momento de tu vida, el paso peque ito que te llevar a tu propio gran marat n.

In 2007, Chrissie Wellington shocked the triathlon world by winning the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. As a newcomer to the sport and a complete unknown to the press, Chrissie's win shook up the sport. A LIFE WITHOUT LIMITS is the story of her rise to the top, a journey that has taken her around the world, from a childhood in England, to the mountains of Nepal, to the oceans of New Zealand, and the trails of Argentina, and first across the finish line.
Wellington's first-hand, inspiring story includes all the incredible challenges she has faced--from anorexia to near--drowning to training with a controversial coach. But to Wellington, the drama of the sports also presents an opportunity to use sports to improve people's lives.
A LIFE WITHOUT LIMITS reveals the heart behind Wellington's success, along with the diet, training and motivational techniques that keep her going through one of the world's most grueling events.

How To Run Faster will reveal proven techniques to give you the winning advantage.

Boost your running speed for all running distances. Sprint or 5k, 10k, half marathon or full marathon distances.

Effective and powerful methods will quickly deliver amazing results.

Topics covered include: -
- How fast is fast?
- Improve results using gradients & speed training
- Quickly improve speed and endurance
- Follow the get faster in a month program
- Should you be out of breath?
- Discover how to maintain pin sharp focus to stay on track with your training
- What you should do on rest days to boost performance
- How can rest days make you run faster?
- When to eat for maximum performance
- What to eat to improve your results and recovery
- Do you need to buy expensive footwear?
- And MANY MORE SUBJECTS

All this can be yours.

In short, this book will help you achieve winning performances.

The Squirrel Wipe project is an unorthodox primer to the adventurous world of trail running and ultramarathons by ultrarunner and author of 'The Barefoot Running Book' Jason Robillard. The tips provided throughout the book range from practical to weird as Robillard sets out to teach others how to run ridiculously long distances through the wilderness based on his endless self-experimentation. This book goes where no other ultrarunning book dares by covering topics like testicle shaving and methods to get rid of annoying training partners. This book replicates a drunken conversation at a local pub versus the stuffy academic "how-to" tone of other similar titles.

A special "Cookbook" of workouts designed to help middle school, high school, college and track club coaches, with becoming a better track and field coach. You have found your personal mentor in Track & Field Training. Gain or expand your knowledge utilizing Coach Steve Silvey's many years of track and field coaching experience. Coach Silvey has produced numerous Olympians and World Championship performers and medalists. This is his finest and largest book ever produced with over 209 pages of important coaching information and sample workouts. Let Coach Steve Silvey share his coaching secrets that have produced many national championship teams and athletes. Coach Silvey has coached for the University of Arkansas, University of Oregon, Blinn College, Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University. This "Cookbook" consists of a detailed 20 week training program for the sprints, hurdles, 400 meters, 800 meters and relays events, plus numerous articles on track, nutrition & much more.

The most comprehensive, step-by-step guide for organizing a high school cross country meet ever published. Written by a coach with 40 years of experience in directing cross country meets at the high school, college, and national levels. Starts with choosing your date, selecting the format and schedule of events, confirming certified officials, and creating a meet budget. Continues with the meet management volunteers and event officials you will need, their job descriptions, and how to recruit and train them and your meet announcers and concludes with preparing your venue for competition and spectator viewing, being ready to deal with a medical or weather emergency, and promoting your meet to the local media. Includes an extensive Appendix with a sample schedule of events, meet budget and financial summary, crew instructions, venue set-up checklist, operations assignments sheet, pre-meet correspondence with officials and volunteers, event materials checklist, and pre-meet 'Things to Do' lists 90, 60, 30, and 7 days before your meet, and the day prior to it. Also includes a lengthy Resource Guide for high school cross country meet directors with lists of regional and national on-line entry services, automatic timing services, and equipment suppliers.

You have found your personal mentor in track and field. The Blinn National Championship Track & Field Training Program is one of the finest and largest books ever produced by Coach Silvey. This book contains 230 pages of important coaching information and sample workouts used by one of the most dominate track and field programs in the United States at any level The Blinn National Championship Track & Field Training Program has detailed workouts for Cross Country, Track & Field General Conditioning phase and Event Specific Training for the following events: Sprints, Hurdles, Relays, 400 Meters, 800 Meters, 1,500 Meters, 5,000 Meters, 10,000 Meters and the 3,000 Meter Steeplechase. See what actual workouts made Blinn College one of the most dominate track & field programs ever at any level in the 1980's and 1990's Blinn defeated many of the top NCAA track and field programs such as The University of Texas in both 1993 & 1994 and the University of Arkansas in 1992. Blinn also beat the prestigious Santa Monica Track Club on several occasions. Let Coach Steve Silvey share his coaching secrets that have produced many National Championship teams and Olympic athletes. Blinn was also voted the "Most Outstanding Team" of both the 1993 & 1994 Texas Relays. Coach Silvey has also coached at the University of Arkansas, University of Oregon, Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University. This book contains numerous articles on training, nutrition & the rich history of Blinn Track & Field.

You have found your personal mentor in Field Event Training for the sport of Track and Field. Gain or expand your knowledge utilizing Coach Steve Silvey's many years of track & field and cross country coaching experience. Coach Silvey has produced numerous Olympians and World Championship performers and medalists. This is one of his finest books ever produced with over 191 pages of important coaching information and sample workouts. Let Coach Steve Silvey share his coaching secrets that have produced many national championship teams and athletes. Let Coach Steve Silvey share his coaching secrets that have produced many national championship teams and athletes. Coach Silvey has coached at the University of Arkansas, University of Oregon, Blinn College, Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University. This special field event training book for track & field comes with a detailed training program for the High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Pole Vault, Shot Put and the Discus for improving athletic performance. The book also contains numerous articles on field event training, speed training, nutrition & much more.

No matter the sport, everyone has to start somewhere. The simple sport of running is no different. Running came natural to us as kids but for various reasons, many of us gave it up at some point. In Starting Off on the Right Foot, best-selling author CJ Hitz (Smoothies For Runners) shares some of the valuable information he's learned along the way since picking up running again in 2008. After running in the 1989 State Cross Country meet in Eugene, Oregon as a high school sophomore, CJ gave up running for nearly 20 years before being drawn back into the sport. In this book geared toward those new to running and those coming back after years away, readers will learn about... *Why nutrition is important *Pre-run nutrition tips *Post-run nutrition tips *Running to lose weight *The importance of fruit & veggies *The importance of the long run *Incorporating hills and speed into training *Dehydration *Running shoes and racing flats *Valuable things learned by several elite runners *Some of CJ's lessons learned (the hard way) *And more As you begin this adventure of running, this little book will serve as a guide to help you enjoy this wonderful sport for years to come. Let's start things off on the right foot

You have found your personal mentor in Distance Training. Gain or expand your knowledge utilizing Coach Steve Silvey's many years of track & field and cross country coaching experience. Coach Silvey has produced numerous Olympians and World Championship performers and medalists. This is his finest and largest book ever produced with over 190 pages of important coaching information and sample workouts. Let Coach Steve Silvey share his coaching secrets that have produced many national championship teams and athletes. Coach Silvey has coached at the University of Arkansas, University of Oregon, Blinn College, Texas A&M University & Texas Tech University. This book comes with a detailed distance training programs for both middle school and high school athletes for improving race performance and numerous articles on training, nutrition & much more.

William Harrison Dillard was born July 8, 1923, in Cleveland, Ohio, and was given the nickname Bones for his slender build while in grade school. He would later go on to become one of the nation s most notable track-and-field athletes. Now, in this biography, he shares his life story. The eventual winner of four Olympic medals, he attended the same high school as his friend and hometown hero, Jesse Owens. He was a successful athlete in college and served in the Ninety-Second Infantry (the Buffalo Soldiers) during World War II, where he distinguished himself in the service of his country. After the war, Bones continued his athletic career, winning eighty-two consecutive races over a span of eleven months, during 1947 and 1948. He then qualified to represent his country at the 1948 Olympics in London and again in 1952 in Helsinki, matching and setting records at both. Following his historic Olympic career, he met and married Joy Clemetson, a prominent member of the Jamaican National Softball Team; together, they built a family. Bones went on to careers in public relations, sportscasting, and education. Considered to be one of the greatest male sprinters and hurdlers in history, he was inducted into the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1974 and received numerous other honors. Even so, he was and still is a gracious, courteous, humble, generous, and courageous athlete a genuine American hero. Harrison Dillard is an amazing man. He is admirable not only for his athletic accomplishments, but also for his character, showing a unique awareness of how the choices we make define ourselves. He has faced crucial and challenging decisions and issues throughout this life and never turned away, not one time. Bill Cosby

"A star was born on March 25, 1920 in the quiet rural community of Plowden in the parish of Manchester, Jamaica. Arthur Stanley Wint is perhaps best known as Jamaica s first Olympic Gold Medallist and has been profiles as such in his native island s rich athletic history. However, little is known of the man who trained to become a Royal Air Force pilot and broke the Canadian 400m record while doing so; or the British trained surgeon who returned to Jamaica in 1963, eventually settling in Hanover as the only resident doctor and treating the poor for free; or the diplomat who was awarded the Order of Distinction, in 1973 and served as Jamaica s High Commissioner to the UK. In The Longer Run, Valerie Wint paints a vivid and rounded portrait of a father, husband, teammate and friend who always managed to remain humble in spite of his professional successes and personal trials. She gives readers access to the life story of an enigmatic figure who towered above most in stature but lived quietly as a gentle giant. Almost 20 years after his passing, the story of Arthur Wint lives on and continues to inspire. It is a story of discipline, courage, determination and most of all, love for family and country. "

Running is a gift, but not only for the gifted. Whether you run just for fun or want to become a more competitive runner, The Gift of Running is for you. In The Gift of Running, P. Mark Taylor shows runners how to get started and stay motivated. The book includes: advice on how to get started as a runner, tried & true methods of running faster and longer, how to prepare for a marathon, tips on staying healthy & happy, motivation to keep you running, an insider view of the running community, & training programs for a 5K, 10K, half marathon, & marathon. P. Mark Taylor is a runner & author of the blog at www.WiseRunning.com.