Back Issue: October 2009

Running Times

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On the Cover:

5 Workouts to Lock in Your Marathon Pace

29 New Shoes

Taking it to Extremes--Lessons from the Mammoth Track Club

Fine-Tune Your Fitness--How to Diagnose Where you Need Work Now

A Simple Formula for Post-Workout Protein

9 Ways to Fight Muscle Fatigue

High School Special
   --How 2 Top Teams Train
   --8 Emerging Stars to Watch

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Features_

What Price Perfection?
Scott Bauhs joins the Mammoth Track Club
by Scott Douglas

I Don't Feel Fit
Fine-tuning your race fitness
by Brad Hudson

Cross Town
Determined Naperville, Illinois, schools on the rise
by Brian Metzler

3200
A selfless act for another runner's gain
by Larry Ellis

Fall Shoe Guide
29 new training shoes put to the test
by Brian Metzler and David Spetnagle

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Columns_

The Runners WItness: My New Running Partner
Even some elites enjoy music on the run
by Tamara Rice Lave

Performance Page: Grooving Goal Pace
Workouts to dial in your marathon pace
by Greg McMillan, M.S.

Shoe Guy: Perilous Podiatric Proviling
The need for support and stability are not equivalent
by J.D. Denton

Finishing Kick: Running Back The Clock
A reunion reveals one runner's life reversal
by Rachel Toor

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Departments_

Editor's Note

Letters

Shorts: Countdown to 2016; Quoteworthy; Big Fish; Heard on the Run; Money for Masters; Footsteps: Hares, Hounds and Hurdles; Smart Laces

Owner's Manual: The Other Limiting Factor; Power Up; Accumulated Wisdom + Applied Science: Avoid the Zero to 60 Mad Dash

College: Kings of the Mountains

Masters: Joint Care for Runners 101; Doreen McCoubrie

At The Races: The Renaissance Arrives; Leading Edge: Salina Kosgei; Racing: Behind Catherine's Greatness; Outstanding Performances, June 2009

Trails: 5 Minutes with Kami Semick; Wild Things: Electrolyte Drinks on the Go