running

Presents information on various apsects of running, explaining the physical and mental health benefits of running, offering advice on getting started, and discussing shoes and other equipment, food and drink, injuries, training, racing, and the special considerations for women, older, and younger runners.

Everyone is convinced that all Monty needs to be the fastest miler on the high school track team is heart. Monty himself is not so sure he's got what it takes until he sees a movie called "Brogg's Brain.".

Although he knows just about everything about spiders, Spider Storch is a terrible runner, and he is afraid he will ruin the Third Grade Olympics for his teammates.

The animals prepare for and participate in the Big Mile Race.

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

Outlines the fundamentals of running including appropriate clothing, training routines, running hazards, and mental attitudes.

An introduction to running, including how to start, what to wear, how to avoid bad habits and develop good running technique, and how to become conditioned for competition.

Runner and writer Joe Henderson shares what he has learned about running over the past twenty-five years and offers strategies to help boost motivation, performance, and enjoyment as a runner.

Feeling bad about last year's Field Day, in which her slow running cost the relay team a victory, Nancy, who enjoys using fancy words, finds herself facing another Field Day and another relay race with a mean classmate.

Teenager Ronnie's life is transformed by the murder of a ten-year-old neighbor for whom she babysat, and who had helped Ronnie adjust to living at a country inn on the banks of the Santiam River in Hoodoo, Oregon.