America's Running Routes hits 100,000 routes; USATF High Performance Division Podcasts Available
Posted Monday, 29 January, 2007
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Jim Estes
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USA Track & Field
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America's Running Routes hits 100,000 routes
America's Running Routes, the largest searchable database of running routes in the United States, already boasts more than 100,000 unique routes after just over one year in existence.
Introduced at the 2005 USA Track & Field (USATF) Annual Meeting, America's Running Routes uses cutting edge technology provided by Google Maps. A revolutionary service developed by USATF, America's Running Routes, allows runners to map and measure their favorite running routes and then save them to a searchable database of running routes.
America's Running Routes provides the running community with an array of functionality and shows USATF's continued commitment to offer runners of all ages and abilities information and services to enhance each running experience.
Ever wonder how far your run was? Just visit America's Running Routes, map out your run using satellite views, and the distance will be displayed, including mile markers along the route. Think others might enjoy your running route? Click the "save" button, and your route will be added to the database for others to enjoy.
America's Running Routes allows runners to search for routes in a particular city or to narrow their search to find running routes from hotels, parks, schools, trail heads, or running stores. Business travelers and vacationers can now find running routes near their hotel or other destination.
To learn more about America's Running Routes, visit www.usatf.org, and then click on the America's Running Routes icon.
America's Running Routes - Run It. Map It. Share It. - A Database of America's Running Routes
USATF High Performance Division Middle/Long Distance Podium Education Project Podcasts available
The High Performance Division of USATF hosted the third annual Middle/Long Distance Summit in Las Vegas, Nev., on December 14-16, 2006. Nearly 40 of the country's top middle- and long-distance coaches were on hand to exchange and share the most current and effective coaching/training methodology and science for middle and long distance runners. Four Podcasts highlighting from the event are available here.
Podcasts feature information from Dr. Joe Vigil and Coaches Robert Gary and Terrence Mahon, with topics including the areas of science, and coaching such as biomechanics, altitude training and peaking.
The event was organized around several concepts and objectives, including the identification of the Critical Zones and Critical Factors that impact performance in the areas of: Biomechanics; Overtraining and Peak Performance Markers.
For more information visit www.usatf.org.
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