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Training

There are also some very good training books. Please click through here to buy your book, to help support this site.

How to Run and Enjoy the Marathon
By James Raia

How to Run and Enjoy the Marathon is a series of 15 articles addressing different aspects of running and training for a marathon.

The Complete Book of Running for Women: Everything You Need to Know About Training, Nutrition, Injury Prevention, Motivation, Racing and... by Claire Kowalchik (Introduction)

"Women's bodies are not the same as men's, and though we can train just as hard and with the same passion for excellence, we have certain special concerns. Finally, there is a comprehensive guide exclusively for women who experience the pure joy of running, or want to."- Amazon.com editorial review

Runner's World Complete Book of Women's Running: The Best Advice to Get Started, Stay Motivated, Lose Weight, Run Injury-Free, Be Safe, and Train... by Dagny Scott, Amby Burfoot

Great motivational and informative book.

Races

Badwater Ultra Marathon - this really is a bad boy. It's 135 miles in Death Valley, CA. Tuesday, July 23, 2002.

Here is an excerpt from a story about last year's race:

SUN PRECAUTIONS 2000 BADWATER ULTRAMARATHON
A classic race is reborn as an epic international battlefield

By Chris Kostman, originally published in Ultra Runing Magazine, October 2000

Death Valley, CA - Sixty-nine runners from a dozen countries ran 135 miles non-stop from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney on July 27-29 in the annual Sun Precautions Badwater Ultramarathon. The international field of athletes, ages 24 to 69 (12 women and 57 men), ran a blistering 135 miles through temperatures up to 128F°. The Badwater course covers three mountain ranges for a total of 13,000’ of vertical ascent and 4,700’ of descent. It is arguably the most demanding, extreme, and prestigious ultramarathon in the world

Resources

Ultra Running magazine is online! They have calendars of events for the different US regions and beyond as well as feature articles and ultra running information. http://www.ultrarunning.com/

Kevin Sayers' Ultra Running Resource (UltRunR) Site has articles on all topics dealing with ultra running. http://www.fred.net/ultrunr/

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