Recommended Distance
Running Resources
Note: the following running resources come with our highest recommendations and will help elevate you to your best fitness level.
What this means is that we have actually tested every one of them and give them our highest recommendations.
Many products and services we've checked out... simply don't make the grade.
We won't promote a product simply for affiliate sales or to boost the number of web links.
Bottom Line?... you can rest assured that the following have our stamp of approval!
The Book That Changed My Running Life...
In March, coach Reno lent me a book on improving your running form: Chi Running.
Chi Running is not only a book that will improve your form, which leads to less injuries and faster race times, it's also a way of life! I eagerly read through the book like a kid at Christmas morning and rushed out to get my own copy. It literally blew me right out of my running shoes. :)
Danny Dreyer's Chi Running system
is simply awesome. My training pace instantly picked up from
making a few simple changes in my form and focusing on
increasing my cadence. On June at the New England USATF Chamionships, I ran my fastest 5K in years. The combination of Reno's coaching and Chi Running were major factors in my success.
Our highest recommendation for runners of any ability... beginners to elite athletes! In fact I just gave a copy to one of my training buddies as a birthday present. :)
For info about the Chi Running book, DVD and philosophy:
Chi Running... Change Your Life!
OK, raise your hand if you stretch regularly. If you did, good for you. You would be surprised at how many runners don't. Of course we all know that stretching will increase our flexibility, range of motion and help keep us off the injury train...
But I know what it's like... you work all day and just trying to squeeze in your workouts can be quite challenging. So stretching gets put off and becomes one of things runners will do, "if I only had more time."
Well you can get a great stretch routine in only about 15 minutes. And you can do it while your watching your favorite TV show. The
Running Resources -The Stretching Handbook
will show you how and covers all the basics of stretches for runners with optional companion video.
I love trail running. I'm constantly on the hunt for new trails to explore.
The following trail running resources is amazing with the vast number of trails you can scope out...
Running & Biking Trails
This site has the most comprehensive collection of trail descriptions and trail maps available on the Internet.
Their free trial program will give a no-risk opportunity to check out their 35,000 trail descriptions and unlimited topo maps.
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