Once you commit to running a marathon, you need to start preparing for it-mentally and physically. Marathon Training presents three separate 100-day training programs to maximize your efforts. A prolific writer, coach and runner, author Joe Henderson has designed daily log pages to help you monitor all the variables that affect training, including weather and course conditions; training effectiveness; mental and physical benchmarks; and time, distance and pace goals. Each day, as you fill out your log page, Henderson's sage advice and "thought for the day" will give you a greater understanding of, and a deeper commitment to, your goal of running a marathon. Use Marathon Training as you would a personal coach: to motivate, inform, and inspire you through 91 days of marathon training and nine days of post-race recovery.

2004. 250 pages.

This book is truly amazing. It offers over 300 pages of the latest information and techniques in training for the hurdles (and sprints). Written in a very easy to understand style, it also presents the science behind energy system training for the hurdles (and sprints). This book provides hundreds of drills, circuits, and training sessions that can be used with your athletes. This book has it all: skill development, starting, the technical model, flexibility development, etc., plus the latest word on energy systems, recovery, strength development, periodization, nutrition, and more!

306 pages. 2000. ISBN 0-919375-48-0.

Runners know all too well the physical and mental challenges of their sport. Plodding for miles through inclement weather, rising before dawn to squeeze a daily run into a busy schedule, overcoming minor aches and lethargy that pose a threat to an active lifestyle, these are but a few of the familiar obstacles faced by millions of runners like you. Running Within addresses the mental and physical factors of importance to runners and offers positive, practical recommendations for infusing the body, mind, and spirit with new energy and passion for running. It also provides solid information on training and racing. It will help you perform better, have more fun, and experience a deeper connection with running. Written by top sport psychologist, best-selling author, and runner Jerry Lynch, along with physician and elite triathlete Warren Scott, this book presents prescriptions, tools, and strategies for runners to fulfill their potential. Included are:

• goal-setting guidelines,
• relaxation and visualization exercises,
• affirmation-building tips along with 63 examples,
• strategies for learning from setbacks,
• ways to take better risks,
• fatigue- and injury-coping strategies,
• motivation boosters, and
• prerace and race strategies.

1999.216 pages.

The very latest version of "The Track Fan's Companion" has metric conversions for track & field, combined decathlon/heptathlon scoring and metric conversion tables, and now covers the women's decathlon, which will soon be the international multi-event for women. All other tables and charts updated, including basic rules of T&F, equipment specs, pacing charts, much more. The biggest and best edition yet.

189pp. 2005.

Hurdling is a complex skill, requiring a sound training plan to create a foundation for successfully coaching the hurdling events. Coach Roberts' Progressions for Coaching the Hurdles provides the coach with the building blocks necessary to prepare a successful hurdling training plan. Roberts, one of the leading collegiate sprinting and hurdling authorities, provides a straight-forward discussion of the eight factors to consider when coaching hurdlers: speed, rhythm, technique, flexibility / range of motion, strength, stamina, poise and body type and follows these up with teaching progressions, drills and sample weekly training plans. From selecting which sprinters will make the best hurdlers, to drills that help master hurdling technique, Roberts' systematic approach to hurdling in Progressions for Coaching the Hurdles is an excellent resource for coaches (men's and women's) at any level.

48 pages. 2006.