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- Preventing running injuries [online], Monash University Accident Research Centre. More information here.
- ‘Clinicians prescribing exercise: Is air pollution a hazard?’ (2005) [online], in The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 182, no. 12, pp. 606–607. More information here.
- Tips for a safe running program [online], American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. More information here.
- Getting started: Running program [online], Australian Sports Commission. More information here.
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