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This book presents all of the training necessary to train for cross-country races. Galloway's successful training program explains how to build endurance, train and race on hills, varied terrain running, speed training, race strategies, maximizing performance, and reducing the risk of injury. Teamwork training and racing methods are explained with action plans. Injury prevention and treatment are also covered. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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An introduction to cross-country running, including the history of this "natural sport," equipment, training, strategy, and how to improve one's performance. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by Thomson Gale on November 6, 2007. The length of the article is 1182 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: MUD, SWEAT & GEARS.(Outdoors)(Sport of cyclocross combines bicycling with elements of cross-country running)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: November 6, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: B15

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) is a College Athletic Conference which operates in the Midwestern United States. Nine of its members are in Minnesota, with two members in South Dakota and one member each in the states of Iowa, Nebraska and North Dakota. It participates in the NCAA's Division II. It was founded in 1932. With the recent NSIC expansion, the original six member schools have been reunited. With the inclusion of the four new member institutions, it is one of the largest Division II conferences in the country. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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Chapters: Modern Pentathlon, English Cross Country Association, Cambridge University Hare and Hounds. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 27. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Cross country running is a sport in which runners compete to complete a course over open or rough terrain. The courses used at these events may include grass, mud, woodlands, hills, flat ground and water. It is a popular participatory sport, and usually takes place in temperate regions during the autumn and winter when soft conditions underfoot prevail. It is one of the sports which, along with track and field, road running, and racewalking, makes up the umbrella sport of athletics. The foremost elite competition is the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Cross country also features as part of the modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympic Games. Cross country featured on the Olympic athletics programme between 1912 and 1924 but was dropped for following editions. A cross country race in Seaside, Oregon. Some races may contain obstacles, like the standing water pictured here.Cross country is an organized sport that originated from the Crick Run held nearly every year since 1838 at Rugby School in England. In the early 19th century, cross country was practiced in all private schools in England. In 1851, undergraduates at Exeter College, Oxford organized a foot grind. This was an analogy with steeple chasing on horse where a race would be held towards the nearest church steeple, forcing riders to clear rural obstacles such as hedges, fences, and ditches. A two-mile cross country steeplechase formed part of the Oxford University sports (in which many of the modern athletics events were founded) in 1860, but was replaced in 1865 by an event over barriers on a flat field, which became the modern steeplechase in athle...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=344462 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Providence Friars is the name of the athletic teams of Providence College. They compete in the Big East Conference (NCAA Division I) for every sport except for ice hockey, where they compete in Hockey East and in volleyball, where they are independent. The school's men's and women's sports teams are called the Friars, after the Dominican Order that runs the school. They are the only collegiate team to use the name.Overall, the program consists of 17 varsity sports, seven for men and ten for women: men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, field hockey, men's and women's ice hockey, men's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming/diving, women's tennis, men's and women's track and field, and women's volleyball. The lacrosse team competed in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference through the 2009 season before joining the new Big East lacrosse league for 2010. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ncaa Men's Cross Country Championship, Ncaa Women's Cross Country Championship, Foot Locker Cross Country Championships, Nike Cross Nationals, Usa Cross Country Championships, Bull Run Invitational Cross Country Meet, Americas Cross Country Championships, Lavern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course, Naia National Men's Cross Country Championship, Naia National Women's Cross Country Championship. Excerpt:Sport: Cross country running The Americas Cross Country Championships , previously the NACAC Cross Country Championships , is an annual regional cross country running competition for athletes representing member nations of the North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC). The event was inaugurated in 2005 and was held in Florida , United States until 2009. The next edition of the competition will be held on March 6, 2010 at Mount Irvine, Trinidad and Tobago . The event comprises four separate races: an 8 km senior men's race, a 6 km senior women's race, a 6 km junior men's race and finally a 4 km junior women's race. Editions Edition: Year: Venue: City: Country: No. of athletes: No. of nations Champions Year: Men's senior race: Women's senior race References (URLs online) See also (online edition) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at B... ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wodajo Bulti (born 11 March 1957) is a retired Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres, 10000 metres and cross-country running. Ethiopia, a landlocked state in the Horn of Africa, is one of the most ancient countries in the world. Officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, it is the second most populous nation in Africa with over 79.2 million people[5] and the tenth largest by area. The capital is Addis Ababa. Though most African countries are far less than a century old, Ethiopia has been an independent country since ancient times. ... Read more

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Chapters: Ncaa Men's Cross Country Championship. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 146. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: NCAA Men's Cross Country Champions The Division I championship race has been run at different distances. From 1938 to 1964 the race was four miles; from 1965 to 1975, six miles; and from 1976 to the present the race has been 10,000 meters (6.21 miles). (**)div I,II,III COMB. The Division II championship race has been run at different distances. From 1958 to 1967 the race was four miles; from 1968 to 1975, 5 miles; and from 1976 to the present the race has been 10,000 meters (6.21 miles).(**)div I,II,III COMB. The Division III championship race has been run at different distances. From 1973 to 1975 the race was 5 miles, and since 1976 it has been 8,000 meters (4.97 miles).(**)div I,II,III COMB. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1911847 ... Read more

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The modern pentathlon is a sports contest that includes five events: pistol shooting, épée fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run. The sport is governed by the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM), the International Modern Pentathlon Union. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by Thomson Gale on May 9, 2007. The length of the article is 1111 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Potter molding impressive credentials entering district championship meet.(Sports)(A season running cross country aids Colts' multi-event favorite)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: May 9, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: C5

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This digital document is an article from Fleet Equipment, published by Maple Communications on February 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1698 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Running cross country and making waves: this fleet manager understands the business he's in and uses the kind of equipment and management techniques to get the job done economically and efficiently.(Fleet Feedback)(Marine Cross Country)
Author: Tom Gelinas
Publication: Fleet Equipment (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2004
Publisher: Maple Communications
Volume: 30Issue: 2Page: 10(3)

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