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Explore how to train smarter and remain injury-free.Competing in a marathon requires thorough and intelligent preparation. Advanced Marathoning, Fourth Edition, gives you all the information you need to benefit from a training program that combines coaching best practices with the latest sport science.Written for serious runners, by the duo behind the hugely successful first three editions, this edition is now in full color and includes the marathon training principles and training programs that thousands of marathon runners have used to set personal bests. From among the detailed day-by-day training schedules, you can choose between 18- and 12-week preparation and select weekly distances of less than 55 miles, 55 to 70, 70 to 85, or over 85 miles. Use the expanded guidance on how to adjust those training schedules to enjoy flexibility in your workouts and make the time for proper recovery. Get new information on heart rate training and guidance on how to avoid overtraining and overreaching. The profiles of elite and non-elite runners give you an insider look at how successful marathoners use the philosophies and techniques in this book to set and achieve challenging goals.Complement your running workouts with exercises for flexibility, core and whole-body strength, and aerobic cross-training to optimize performance and help keep injury at bay. Expert guidance on nutrition, hydration, and the importance of recovery as well as race-day strategies will help you conquer marathons with confidence.Advanced Marathoning gives ambitious marathoners the information needed to train smarter, remain injury-free, and cross the next finish line stronger and faster than ever.

Achieve peak running performance with Coach Coogan.Good racing doesn’t just happen. It’s a skill that must be honed with training and hard work. In Personal Best Running, Coach Mark Coogan shares his successful formula for running fast-while staying healthy and happy-without running taking over your life.Coach Coogan has excelled in running as both an athlete and coach, producing numerous Olympic and champion runners. His success is founded in his belief that long-term running success is impossible if you’re not training and racing in the right environment and that running should never come at the expense of your overall physical or mental health. In addition to training strategies that will shave minutes off your time, Coach Coogan will also show you how to sleep and eat properly, surround yourself with supportive people, psychologically navigate setbacks and challenges, lower your injury risk, and have a life outside of running.Get the physical and psychological strategies needed to build an aerobic base, balance hard work and recovery, achieve good running form, and turn adversity into an advantage. Learn the importance of strengthening and warm-up exercises, and master running drills that will make you a stronger runner. Plus, access the 30 online video clips that showcase the exercises and drills in action.Coogan provides numerous training schedules for the mile, 5K, 10K, half marathon, and marathon as well as schedules for running multiple races in a short period of time. For each distance, choose the length of training (from 6 weeks to 16 weeks) and weekly mileage range. The plans are supplemented with training and racing tips to help you better understand how to apply the concepts to your own running strategy.You’ll also get a personal look at what successful runners do as Coach Coogan shares some of his own experiences as a runner and coach. And you’ll draw plenty of motivation and inspiration from the athlete profiles of eight of his accomplished runners, including Drew Piazza, Alexi Pappas, and Elle St. Pierre.If you want to run better and race faster, now is your chance to train with Coach Coogan and Personal Best Running.Earn continuing education credits! A continuing education exam that uses this book is also available. It may be purchased separately, or as part of a package that includes both the book and the exam.

Think critically. Succeed academically. Q Skills for Success Level 5: Reading and Writing Student Book with iQ Online Practice, third edition, builds on its question-centered approach to help students achieve academic success. It helps students to develop the techniques and critical thinking skills they need for academic study with new Critical Thinking Strategies, updated texts and topics and 100% new assessment. This Level 5 Reading and Writing Student Book is suitable for CEFR language level C1.  New to this Edition Each unit video now has new Work with the Video pages in the Student Book to guide students in watching, understanding, and discussing the unit videosNew Critical Thinking Strategies and activities in every unit help students analyse, develop and justify their ideas.New skills videos provide illustrated explanations of skills and grammar points in the Student Book to support students' skills developmentiQ Online Practice is now suitable for mobile use which gives students greater flexibility in where and when they get extra skills practice, access audio and video, and check their progressVocabulary from the new Oxford Phrasal Academic Lexicon helps students to develop essential spoken and written language for their academic studiesVocabulary from the Oxford 3000™ and new Oxford 5000™ provide students with the most frequent and relevant words they need in English, as chosen by language expertsThe updated Writing Tutor supports students to practice their academic writing skills.This student book is also available as an eBook. For more information please contact your Oxford Learning Resource Consultant. To purchase this product, please contact us and list this ISBN in the ‘detailed information’ field.

Each unit video now has NEW "Work with the Video" pages in the Student Book to guide students inwatching, understanding, and discussing the unit videos.NEW Critical Thinking Strategies and activities in every unit help students analyze, develop andjustify their ideas. Online videos accompany each strategy to help students gain a deeperunderstanding.NEW skills videos provide illustratedexplanations of skills and grammar points in the Student Bookto support students' skills development.100% NEW unit, placement, midterm and final tests have been developedwith feedback from realteachers.Clear learning outcomes and reflection worksheets encourage students to evaluate their ownprogress, reflect on their learning, and identify areas for improvement.iQ Online Practice is now suitable for mobile use which gives students greater flexibility in whereand when they get extra skills practice, access audio and video, and check their progress. The NEWExtensive Readingprogram offers an Oxford Graded Reader aligned to each unit to motivatestudents in their reading.Vocabulary from the NEW Oxford Phrasal Academic Lexicon helps students todevelop essentialspoken and written language for their academic studies.Vocabulary from the Oxford 3000™ and new Oxford 5000™ provide students with the most frequentand relevant words they need in English, as chosen by language experts.

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Each unit video now has NEW "Work with the Video" pages in the Student Book to guide students in watching, understanding, and discussing the unit videos.NEW Critical Thinking Strategies and activities in every unit help students analyze, develop and justify their ideas. Online videos accompany each strategy to help students gain a deeper understanding.NEW skills videos provide illustrated explanations of skills and grammarpoints in the Student Book to support students' skills development.100% NEW unit, placement, midterm and final tests have been developed with feedback from realteachers.Clear learning outcomes and reflection worksheets encourage students to evaluate their own progress, reflect on their learning, and identify areas for improvement.iQ Online Practice is now suitable for mobile use which gives students greater flexibility in where and when they get extra skills practice, access audio and video, and check their progress. The NEW Extensive Reading program offers an Oxford Graded Reader aligned to each unit tomotivate students in their reading.Vocabulary from the NEW Oxford Phrasal Academic Lexicon helps students to develop essential spoken and written language for their academicstudies.Vocabulary from the Oxford 3000™ and new Oxford 5000™ provide students with the most frequent and relevant words they need in English, as chosen by language experts.

Everyone knows that running builds stronger muscles and a healthier heart. In Running Is My Therapy, longtime runner Scott Douglas shows how endurance running is also the best form of exercise to develop a healthier brain. A natural antidepressant, running reinforces the benefits of therapy and triggers lasting, positive physiological changes. In fact, some doctors now “prescribe” a running regimen as part of their first-line treatment plan for depression. Marshaling expert advice and a growing body of research, Douglas explains how we can all use running to improve mental health—and live happier.

If you ask research psychologist Noel Brick and bestselling fitness writer Scott Douglas, the “dumb jock” stereotype is way out of bounds. No world-class athlete succeeds without a strong mental game, including unique ways of analyzing situations, self-motivating, and even thinking about time. Cutting-edge discoveries (some by Dr. Brick himself) reveal how champions do it—and how we can, too.Brick and Douglas pair groundbreaking science with instructive moments across the sports realm to show how legendary athletes like marathoner Meb Keflezighi, World Cup champion soccer player Megan Rapinoe, and Olympian Michael Phelps stay on top of their game. Whether it’s sticking the landing at a job interview or racing your thesis to the finish line, Strong Minds is a slam-dunk approach for accomplishing anything.Publisher’s note: Strong Minds was previously published in hardcover as The Genius of Athletes.