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As a widespread fitness phenomenon, running traces its roots back to the 1960s. As a competitive sport, it dates back well over two centuries. If you've fallen for the feel of the road beneath your feet and the wind on your face, or even if you’re just getting started, the Web is a great sources of running information. For a Spanish-language version of the Guide, click here.

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Getting Started Running

Training advice, race results, event calendars, and gear reviews are plentiful online. Web versions of print running magazines are staffed with knowledgeable coaches, runners, and nutritionists, while other sites are maintained by elite runners and coaches, offering a comprehensive introduction to the sport.

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If there's specific information you're looking for, such as race strategy or pre-race nutrition, use a site's internal search feature to get the information quickly and directly. A site search bar is typically at the top of the page, or in one of the margins adjacent to the table of contents.

For inspiration, learn the history behind the marathon and find organizations that help beginners get going in the findingDulcinea feature article, The Allure of the Marathon.

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For comprehensive running sites …

Runner's World is one of the world's leading running magazines, with content geared toward a novice/non-elite readership. The publication's inspiring, insightful, authoritative articles cover all aspects of training and fitness, including beginners’ training programs, gear reviews, nutrition ideas, and elite news and race results. It also has a training calculator and a pace converter.

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Running Times Magazine 's site has a load of resources for athletes of all ability levels, but is slightly more technical than Runner's World. It has feature articles on training, racing, gear, health, and more. For tools it has pace charts, pace equivalent charts, a split calculator, and a BMI calculator.

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Cool Running is one of the Web's oldest running sites. This is a great place to locate upcoming races, check the latest local race results (or visit their huge archive of past results), record your training (using the online training log), get training advice, and find other sites using the link directory.

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