After purchase, your plan will be available in your own private online training log account. You'll enjoy these benefits and more:

• Daily e-mails with your next workout keep you on track
• Create your own routes or search our library of routes for tracking your workouts
• Map, graph and share workouts with your friends by e-mail, Facebook and view in Google Maps or Google Earth
• Upload workouts from one of more than 80 training devices (Garmin, Suunto, Timex, Polar, more) or easily record your workouts manually
• Track your fitness and gain confidence
• Complete nutrition tracking to monitor your diet
• Get support and answers on the Message Boards

Workout #1 : Other

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Welcome to A Year of Tips--2011. For the next 52 weeks, you will receive daily email messages from me offering tips and motivational words of advice on the sport of running. You don't need to be signed up for a marathon to enjoy running. You don't need to follow a specific training program--although I have a few of those. You don't need to race to be a runner. You don't need to train in the sense of always following the schedule of some coach or guru. You can run for fun without a goal in sight.

Workout #2 : Strength

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Fusion! That's the name invented by the marketing types to lead us to the Holy Grail of fitness. It describes a combination workout that includes cardio, toning and stretching. I'm not even sure what toning is; strength training with a fancy name, I guess. And if you participate in a fusion class, what do you do? Do you fuse? We like running. It's oh so simple. You just head out the door and run.

Workout #3 : X-Train

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Do you like to cross-train? Not all runners do, particularly the more experienced runners who think it may get in the way of what they love to do best: run. But for many of us, cross-training is a handy way of getting an aerobic buzz on days when running more miles might lead to injury.

Workout #4 : Run

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Exercise scientists like to use the term economy when they describe fast runners. You've seen economical runners; they skim over the ground and seem to waste little energy as they fly past you at a speed you can barely imagine.

Workout #5 : Run

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It takes a a high degree of endurance to succeed as a long distance runner. Fortunately, endurance is a skill that responds to intelligent training. The best way to increase endurance is to increase volume.

Workout #6 : Strength

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Strength training is good for runners, but what do you do? You could do push-ups or pull-ups, use free weights, or work out with various machines at a Fitness Center. Runners generally benefit if they combine light weights with a high number of repetitions, rather than pumping very heavy iron. I suggest you do some strength training at least twice a week, preferably after a short and easy run, although you can strength train on any days convenient for your business and personal schedule.

Workout #7 : Other

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Training too hard can drain energy. Even though you get through your daily workouts and complete the miles prescribed in your training program, you may feel fatigued both before and after workouts. You may also need more sleep, yet at the same time you will have trouble getting to sleep. To conserve energy, choose a sensible training program, eat a diet with plenty of carbohydrates, and get to bed early each night.

Workout #8 : Strength

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Whether you train or race on flat or hilly courses, you still need to condition your legs for the stress of running. Days when you run easy would be good days to do some stretching and strength training. Do a total body workout.

Workout #9 : Other

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Some runners can train or race in lighter shoes than others. This relates usually to how much they weigh and whether or not they possess good biomechanics, what might be called a smooth stride. Coach Jeff Johnson once suggested that you wear the lightest shoes you can without getting injured. That means in training as well as in racing.