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Tables of Contents for Best Runs
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
ix
2
Acknowledgments
xi
2
Introduction: Best Words
xiii
 
PART I Best Ways
1
92
1 Picking the Best Bets
3
10
Fifty Is Nifty
Time Trials
Weird Ideas That Work
Best Answers
2 Training by the Numbers
13
10
Start With Cooper
Twice as Nice
Balancing Act
Far, Fast, Fresh
3 Learning How to Walk
23
10
Walk Talk
Walk Wars
Stopping and Drinking
Walking Lessons
4 Running Out of Time
33
8
Shouting Softly
Honest Efforts
Timeless Racing
Time Out
5 Listening to the Heart
41
10
Checking Your Pulse
Your Own Best Beat
Extra Efforts
Three-Part Harmony
6 Finding Shoes That Fit
51
10
Shoe Safety
Least of All Shoes
Bigfoot Sightings
Testing Technology
7 Dealing With Downtime
61
8
Painful Experience
Happy Legs
Sleeping Sickness
Finish Lines
8 Heeding the Early Warnings
69
8
Getting to the Heart
Life Savings
Pressure's Off
On the Level
9 Cutting From the Diet
77
8
Fun Foods
Sweet and Low
Shaking the Salt
Down but Not Out
10 Adding to the Diet
85
8
Think to Drink
Lean on Protein
Mineral Riches
Carbo Reloading
PART II Best Days
93
74
11 Counting Up the Races
95
8
Fast Eddy
Race to Train
Racing Counts
Racing States
12 Rerunning the Best Races
103
10
Races to Remember
Distant Replays
One That Got Away
A Love That Lasts
13 Worrying About the Race
113
10
The Fear Factor
Relaxing Pace
Kids Who Care
Passing Interests
14 Racing the Short Distances
123
8
My First Mile
High-Level Mile
Five Alive
George's Distance
15 Training Longer and Shorter
131
8
Magic Moments
Fly Now, Pay Later
No Train, No Gain
Prepay and Repay
16 Racing the Long Distances
139
10
Filling the Great Gap
Pacing the Marathon
Dream On
Ultimate Ultras
17 Racing at Its Simplest
149
10
Small Talk
In Praise of Small
Y'All Come
Slow Henry
18 Winning Without Beating Anyone
159
8
Winning Ways
Where Are the Americans?
Last Chance
Last Supper
PART III Best Years
167
67
19 Gaining Much From Little
169
10
Short Story
Once an Athlete
Law of Averages
Tough Enough
169
10
20 Living Out the Legacy
179
8
Days of Old
Fathers' Days
Aging Well
Founding Father
21 Reading, Writing, and Running
187
10
News Freaks
Testing Positive
Great References
Story of My Life
22 Touring the Finest Places
197
8
Places I Remember
Road-Apple Run
Little Giants
Trail of Dreams
23 Connecting With Other Runners
205
10
Camp Follower
Pros at Work
Staying in Touch
Giving Thanks
24 Voicing a Few Complaints
215
10
Little Irritants
Who's Cheating Whom?
Garbage Miles
Rain on Our Parade
25 Singing the Sport's Praises
225
9
Changing Our World
Let Running Be
Sweet Nothings
Forward Thinking
Index
234
4
About the Author
238
1
Books by Joe Henderson
239