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How You Can Start Long Distance Running (6.2 Miles) - 0 views

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    Professionals consider a marathon a long distance run. Amateurs like most runners consider six to twelve mile runs long distance runs. Read how you can start running at least 6.2 miles in only three months of training.
Ryan Hall

Can a short distance runner become a long distance runner - 0 views

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      Explains the difference in muscles needed to be developed for either long or short distance 
David Phillippi

Well - The Human Body Is Built for Distance - NYTimes.com - 4 views

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The painful truth about trainers: Are expensive running shoes a waste of money? | Mail ... - 0 views

  • Christopher McDougall claims that injury rates for runners are actually on the rise, that everything we've been told about running shoes is wrong - and that it might even be better to go barefoot...
  • 'Didn't we send you enough shoes?' they asked head coach Vin Lananna. They had, he was just refusing to use them. 'I can't prove this,' the well-respected coach told them. 'But I believe that when my runners train barefoot they run faster and suffer fewer injuries.'
  • Then there's the secretive Tarahumara tribe, the best long-distance runners in the world. These are a people who live in basic conditions in Mexico, often in caves without running water, and run with only strips of old tyre or leather thongs strapped to the bottom of their feet. They are virtually barefoot.
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    Running barefoot is much better that running in expensive shoes? An interesting theory about how the running shoes lead us to injuries and unatural way of running.
anonymous

Running Tips for Beginners - 0 views

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    Learn to run 5 miles straight.
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