Ultimate Guide to Trail Running: Everything You Need to Know About Equipment * Finding Trails * Nutrition * Hill Strategy * Racing * Avoiding Injury * Training * Weather * Safety

by Adam W. Chase, Nancy Hobbs

Overview

Guide to running's fastest growing endurance and adventure sport. Everything You Need to Know About Equipment * Finding Trails * Nutrition * Hill Strategy * Racing * Avoiding Injury * Training * Weather * Safety

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762762699
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/09/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Adam W. Chase, an accomplished ultrarunner, snowshoe racer, and adventure athlete, is president of the All American Trail Running Association. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Nancy Hobbs has been running trails and directing running events since the mid-1980s, and her articles and photographs have been published in such magazines as Trail Runner and Runner’s World. The founder and executive director of the All American Trail Running Association, she lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Foreword Andrew R. Hersam vi

Preface Ian Torrence ix

Introduction xi

Chapter 1 Trail Running; Past, Present, and Future 1

Chapter 2 Getting Started 13

Chapter 3 Trail Running Technique 29

Chapter 4 Trail Training at Every Distance 61

Chapter 5 Strength Training for the Trail 91

Chapter 6 Stretching for the Trail 99

Chapter 7 Equipment 111

Chapter 8 Nutrition On and Off the Trail 138

Chapter 9 Injuries and Injury Prevention 157

Chapter 10 Hazards of the Trail 171

Chapter 11 Running Partners 189

Chapter 12 Caring for the Trail 199

Chapter 13 Racing and Directing a Race 205

Appendix Competing at the International Level 235

Bibliography 237

Index 239

About the Authors 254