Issues related to a runner's life 

 

The four levels of running
1 Talk Runs ... easy runs with plenty of reserve air for good conversation
2 Training Runs ... faster runs for getting in shape; very little talking
3 Murder Runs ... no talking, full-out runs, where you run so hard you feel like you're going to die
4 Ghost Runs ... merely fast murder runs

 

 Training issues
Wind chill factor for your runs on the prairie!
Training calculators
Training for marathons
Running software: PCCoach | Race management

 

 Magazines and Equipment
Runner's World
Fitness World Magazine
Trail Runner
Road Runner Sports - a great site for running shoes and clothes
Shoe Dog - an interactive database for selecting the right shoe
Hanson's Running Shop
The Urban Athlete
Tri-State - supports runners on the Palouse
Sports Instruments
PolarWatch

 

Pre- and post-run exercises
Stretching: before or after running? Both? Never?
Stretching exercises
Warm-up exercises
Stretching and flexibility a web site by Brad Appleton

 

 
  Health and Safety issues
Dr. Pribut Sports Page A comprehensive site on sports medicine
Dr. Pribut's Running Forum
Dr. Pribut's Running Injuries Page
Sports Medicine
List sites on health
Running at night and in the cold
Trail running
Winter running

 

 

 
  Issues related to real dogs
Avoiding dog bites
Treating dog bites
City & county regulations regarding dogs
 

 

 

    Sports drinks and snacks
Fluid replacement and heat stress. NAS report (online book).
Cliff bars
Gu Sports energy gel
Gatorade
Coca Cola
 

 

Runner's amusement
Film: The Fast Runner or Atanarjuat (2002)
Set in an Arctic Inuit village, this story of romance and Inuit culture is intertwined with running.
Review by Roger Ebert (Four stars)

 
Film: Without Limits (1998)
This is a new film on the life and running career of Steve Prefontaine. Click on the film title to access an excellent internet site on this film. This site includes photographs, interviews with the director, movie trailer, etc. Listed below are some related internet links:
Steve Prefontaine Official Page
Tribute to Steve Prefontaine
Roger Ebert's review (three stars)

 
Film: Prefontaine (1997)
 This is a new film on the life and running career of Steve Prefontaine. Click on the film title to access an excellent internet site on this film. This site includes photographs, interviews with the director, movie trailer, etc. Listed below are some related internet links:
Movie summary

 
Film: Across the Tracks (1991)
Two brothers (Brad Pitt and Rick Schroder), one with a troubled past, compete in track for a college scholarship.

 
Film: On The Edge (1985)
 According to film critic, Roger Ebert, (3.5 stars out of 4), this "movie stars Bruce Dern, in one of his best performances, as Wes Holman, a great runner who was banned from amateur athletics twenty years ago after he attempted to expose clandestine payoffs to athletes. He was no more dishonest than anyone else, but he rocked the boat, insisting that amateurism in athletics was the way the rich kept the poor from competing. Now the runner has come back to prove something. He wants to run the Cielo Sea Race, the second oldest in America, a grueling race over the mountains from Mill Valley to the Pacific. It's a point-to-point race, which means the runner can follow any path he chooses, as long as he passes a few checkpoints. Holman, running in the older-than-forty age group, figures he can win the race, especially if he can persuade his old coach to help him."
Excerpt from review by Roget Ebert (Cinemania'95): 92 min, PG-13, 92 min, available on videocassette

 
Film: Chariots of Fire (1981)
 According to film critic, Roger Ebert (4.0 stars out of 4), "this is a movie that has a great many running scenes. It is also a movie about British class distinctions in the years after World War I, years in which the establishment was trying to piece itself back together after the carnage in France. It is about two outsiders—a Scot who is the son of missionaries in China, and a Jew whose father is an immigrant from Lithuania. And it is about how both of them use running as a means of asserting their dignity. But it is about more than them, and a lot of this film's greatness is hard to put into words. Chariots of Fire creates deep feelings among many members of its audiences, and it does that not so much with its story or even its characters as with particular moments that are very sharply seen and heard. Seen, in photography that pays grave attention to the precise look of a human face during stress, pain, defeat, victory, and joy. The music establishes the tone for the movie, which is one of nostalgia for a time when two young and naturally gifted British athletes ran fast enough to bring home medals from the 1924 Paris Olympics."
Excerpt from review by Roget Ebert (Cinemania'95): 123 min, PG, available on videocassette and laserdisc

 
Film: The Games (1970)
 According to film critic, Leonard Maltin (1.5 stars out of 4), this is a "dull film on potentially interesting subject: preparation of four runners for grueling 26-mile marathon in the Olympics. Rafer Johnson plays one of the commentators." Runners might have a different view of this film!

Excerpt from review by Leonard Maltin (Cinemania'95): 97 min, G

 
Film: Running Brave (1983)
 According to film critic, Leonard Maltin, this is a "story of real-life Olympic champion Billy Mills, who left the Sioux reservation to find his destiny as a runner — and win a gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Modestly entertaining, but too corny and simplistic to really score." Runners might have a different view of this film!

Excerpt from review by Leonard Maltin (Cinemania'95): 105 min, PG, available on videocassette and laserdisc

 
Film: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
 According to film critic, Leonard Maltin, this film, staring Tom Courtenay, is an "engrossing story of rebellious young man chosen to represent reform school in track race. Superbly acted film confronts society, its mores and institutions. Screenplay by Alan Sillitoe, from his own story. Key British film of 1960s. (4.0 stars out of 4)"
Source: Cinemania'95 (103 min, No rating, Black & White, Available on videocassette and laserdisc)

 
The four categories of runs
1. Talk Runs ... easy runs with plenty of reserve air for good conversation.
2. Training Runs ... faster runs for getting in shape; very little talking.
3. Murder Runs ... no talking, full-out runs, where you run so hard you feel like you're going to die!
4. Ghost Runs ... merely fast murder runs!
 

 

Postcards - reports of far away races
Can I drink alcohol before a race?
Is coffee the perfect pre-race drink?
Cold air injures my lungs
Running backwards is a good cross-training technique
Diet

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