running races

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running races

Long-distance runner's guide to training and racing

build your endurance, strength & efficiency
1984
Provides a systematic training program and tips for best racing performance.

Relay race breakdown

2012
Nick hates running, but his high school gym teacher thinks he is just the right person to fill in for the two hundred meter relay race, and will not give him a passing grade unless he tries--will Nick learn to run or let the team down?.

Running rivals

2009
Shortly after recovering from a knee injury she received earlier in the track season, Amy finds that her confidence is still shaky and realizes that the biggest race of the year will be held on the same track where she was hurt before.

Quiver

2002
Sixteen-year-old Atalanta, abandoned as an infant, has grown to become a renowned archer and swiftest mortal alive due to the intervention of Artemis, goddess of the hunt, so when the father who forsook her so many years before issues an ultimatum that Atalanta marry and produce an heir, she counters with the condition that the man she weds must be able to best her in a footrace or die.

The big win

2008
SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends in Bikini Bottom are looking forward to participating in the relay race, until Squidward's determination to win spoils everyone's fun.

Go for the gold, Atalanta!

2003
A retelling, with a modern spin, of the Greek myth in which Atalanta finally agrees to marry but only if the man can outrun her in a footrace.

Speed star

2007
While looking for his running shoes before a race at school, fifteen-year-old Rex Jones is transported by his mysterious cell phone to the Olympics, where a strange man gives him a new pair of shoes just before he competes in the 100-meter final.

C. C. Pyle's amazing foot race

the true story of the 1928 coast-to-coast run across America
2007
Recounts C. C. Pyle's 1928 foot race across America, describing the experiences of the 199 men who participated in the race, hoping to find fame and fortune at the finish line.

Sports illustrated track

championship running
1988
Provides instruction in distance running and sprinting with training programs, track strategies, and tactics on winning.

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