Walker's Runners


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Toby has always been lazy. When the new principal tries to whip him into shape, will he cooperate?




Runner's World Runner's Diet


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A comprehensive eating plan for novice and experienced runners alike is designed to help athletes achieve maximum performance while controlling one's weight, introducing a realistic, lifetime program that can be tailored to individual activity levels. Original. 20,000 first printing.




Running with Walker


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Annotation A deeply personal account of raising a child with low functioning autismBeautifully written by a respected journalist and teacherOffers hands-on advice to parents in an entertaining and easy-to-read manner.




FIT and FASTER 100 Workouts for Walkers and Runners


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Use 100 workouts to develop and enhance your walking or running program. Participants pursuing increased long distance stamina, and leg economy will enjoy the variety of distances, speeds, and workouts provided in this booklet. The beginner walker will enjoy the process of becoming fit through speed walking while putting into practice medium and fast pace efforts. The developing runner seeking a quicker time will find these workouts steadily build long distance stamina and leg turnover. More advanced runners will find that the challenging workouts increase their overall leg power and turnover, helping them set personal running records.Use these workouts in a way which builds aerobic and overall conditioning progress on your path to total fitness. Also, enjoy the stretching and strengthening exercises for the major muscle groups specific to walking and running. Every workout, every stretch, and each strengthening exercise is clearly explained as to what purpose and benefit it serves.




Move Your Bus


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A guidebook to successful leadership explains that by looking at an organization as a bus and the employees as the people on it, managers can identify who is helping the bus move, and who is hindering it.




Hal Higdon's Half Marathon Training


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Hal Higdon’s Half Marathon Training offers prescriptive programming for all levels of runners. Not only will it help you learn how to get started with your training, but it will show you where to focus your attention, when to progress, and how to keep it simple.




The End of the World Running Club


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A powerful post-apocalyptic thriller, perfect for fans of The End of the F*cking World. 'A real find' STEPHEN KING When the world ends and you find yourself stranded on the wrong side of the country, every second counts. No one knows this more than Edgar Hill. 550 miles away from his family, he must push himself to the very limit to get back to them, or risk losing them forever... His best option is to run. But what if your best isn’t good enough? The Number One race-against-time bestseller as featured on Simon Mayo’s Radio 2 Book Club *The sequel, The Survivors’ Club, is now available to pre-order* What readers are saying - over 350 5* reader reviews: ‘Difficult to put down and impossible to forget’ ‘A real page turner’ ‘An absolute joy of a read’ ‘Gripping and entertaining all the way through’ ‘Exciting right from the beginning and it left me wanting more’ ‘This book gets better with every page turn’




Running: Getting Started


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Running: Getting Started is the perfect guide for any person, at any fitness level, looking to start running for the first time, return to running after a break, or reset their training. Running coach and Olympian Jeff Galloway outlines what a new runner needs to know to get started, such as finding a running store and selecting the best pair of running shoes. Jeff also provides weekly training plans which follow his proven Run Walk Run® method. These plans can be tweaked depending on individual goals, making it easy to fit training into any lifestyle and stick with it. He also includes information important to every runner, such as nutrition and how to eat for running and weight loss, how to maintain good running form, how to stay injury free, how to stay motivated, how to prepare for that first race, and more. With this book, not only will everyone start running, but they will enjoy their runs so much they will continue to run until they're 100!




Runner's World The Runner's Diet


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A unique eating plan for both novice and experienced runners--to help you achieve optimum performance and keep those unwanted pounds off. If you are a serious runner, or are thinking about starting a running or run/walk program to keep fit and help you lose weight, forget about the traditional food pyramid--or today's low-carb diets. As noted dietitian Madelyn H. Fernstrom, Ph.D., C.N.S., explains, the eating plan that best meets the needs of runners at all levels is based on a 50 percent carb, 25 percent protein, 25 percent fat ratio. Here Dr. Fernstrom details a realistic program, individualized for each person's activity level, that will enable runners to maximize their performance while maintaining long-term success at weight control. In Runner's World The Runner's Diet, the reader will discover: o Why the 50-25-25 ratio works best for runners--and even walkers o How to match your eating pattern to your running style o How to make use of a daily food and activity log With the imprimatur of Runner's World, the leading authority in the running field, Runner's World The Runner's Diet by Madelyn H. Fernstrom with Ted Spiker is the first book to recognize that runners cannot depend solely on physical activity to control their weight--and to outline a lifetime weight-loss plan that is best for their special needs.




Running Times


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Running Times magazine explores training, from the perspective of top athletes, coaches and scientists; rates and profiles elite runners; and provides stories and commentary reflecting the dedicated runner's worldview.