There are a wealth of resources to learn more about running and to connect with other runners. Here are a few of our favorite links - and feel free to suggest more!
For further information, please feel free to review the following pages:
Measure your run!:
Google Pedometer or for Moorestown directly Moorestown Pedometer- This is a great tool that let’s you trace the route you run and get an exact measurement of the distance.
Clubs:
Moorestown Distance Running Project - Club of distance enthusiasts who meet in Moorestown and train for marathons and other long and ultra distances.
Pineland Striders - Running club near Marlton, NJ
South Jersey AC - Running club based out of Haddonfield, NJ. We recommend you check out their summer "No Frills" series
Breakneck Track Club - Running club near Sewell. Consists of mostly post-colligate and fast runners.
Team Triumph - South Jersey's Triathlon Team
Central Jersey / South Brunswick Running Group- Small group looking for other runners to meet Monday and Wednesday at 6:45
Running Videos:
South Jersey Running Company Video Collection
Flotrack – A new website that contains an enormous library of videos featuring professional runners. updated daily.
Running Videos - a very cool list of old videos - Prefontaine, Lasse Viren, Frank Shorter, Roger Bannister, Jim Ryun, Sebastian Coe, Alan Webb, Bob Kennedy, and even high school Footlocker Championships
More! Running Videos - The Racing Snail Running Club's site of 100+ running videos
Youtube.com – Most of us have been there but no website carries as much running content as youTube, start your search with Steve Prefontaine.
Running News
Track and Field News - This popular monthly magazine also keeps an up to date news and results page.
Coolrunning.com - Originally out of New England, this website has been a leading websites for runners of all abilities looking for an online training log, training advice and daily news and results.
Letsrun.com - Known for its message board and performance drug news, Letsrun.com also feature a quote of the day and news features
Magazines:
Runners World is the most popular magazine for runners.
We highly recommend Running Times for more serious runners. It is a bit more sophisticated than Runners World – which is aimed more at the casual runner than the competitive runner.
Track & Field News is the full coverage at the College and World level.
Books:
Daniels' Running Formula by Jack Daniels. This is a great book if you want to know in more depth some of the scientific principles that drive our Moorestown distance running program.
The Perfect Mile : Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It by Neal Bascomb. This is more of a novel that tells the story of how three runners pursued the elusive 4:00 Mile. Not to spoil the ending, but Roger Bannister broke it in 1954. The current record is 3:43 by Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj, set in 1999.
Sub 4:00: Alan Webb and the Quest for the Fastest Mile by Chris Lear. This book follows the life of Alan Webb during his first year at Michigan.
Running with The Buffaloes: A Season Inside with Mark Wetmore, Adam Goucher, and the University of Colorado Men's Cross-Country Team by Chris Lear. This is about Cross Country, but is actually a better book than Sub 4:00. It is my personal favorite running book.
Alberto Salazar's Guide to Road Racing : Championship Advice for Faster Times from 5K to Marathons by Alberto Salazar and Richard A. Lovett. Although not specifically about track or Cross Country, this is a great book on all the basics of distance running by one of the finest runners in US history.
Once a Runner - If you can find it for less than $50.00 buy it because you sell it for more OR you can read over and over again and be inspired for a lifetime! Moorestown Running Company’s Joe Halin’s favorite book.
