Este libro contiene a lo largo de sus once capitulos historias entranables, conmovedoras y electrizantes, pero tambien despiadadas. Lo que si puedo garantizar al lector es que no se va a aburrir con ninguna de ellas, aunque no estoy en condiciones de asegurarle que algunas no vayan a destrozar sus sentimientos. Es sin duda este un libro este que repasa quizas de forma despiadada alguno de los problemas mas candentes de la sociedad actual, siempre afrontados desde la mente del corredor de fondo. Jose Millariega.

Muchos de los que corremos hemos tomado parte en un mayor o menor numero de maratones. Nos hemos emocionado la primera vez que hemos corrido los cuarenta y dos kilometros y seguimos haciendolo cada vez que nos ponemos en la linea de salida. Siempre se habla de que Filipides fue el precursor de la distancia, alla por el 490 a.C., cuando los persas desembarcaron en la Atica y se enfrentaron a atenienses y platenses. Pero fue realmente asi?. Por eso Jose Millariega ha tratado en este libro de hacer un analisis de los distintos puntos de vista que barajan los eruditos sobre la batalla de Maraton, a partir, ademas, de su experiencias por tierras griegas, en concreto en la Spartathlon, prueba que evoca un recorrido de doscientos cuarenta y seis kilometros, entre Atenas y Esparta, que cubrio un heraldo corredor por encargo de los generales atenienses para pedir ayuda a los espartanos, cuando en el horizonte de la playa de Maraton aparecio una impresionante flota asiatica dispuesta a terminar con el helenismo. Todo ello incardinado con los Juegos de la Grecia Antigua y con la inclusion de la carrera de maraton, por primera vez en la Historia (intentando emular la gesta de los heroes griegos que vencieron a los medos en el 490 a.C.), en los primigenios Juegos de la Era Moderna, Atenas 1896

This is the story of 42 marathon runners who were created as the Ever-presents by the London Marathon in 1995 after they had run 15 consecutive years of the London from the start in 1981 Their story is a testimony to a 'never say die' spirit that sustained them during the thousands of marathons they have run all over the world. Dale Lyons, one of remaining 15, has combined a detailed factual record from his research with the runners with many heart warming anecdotes and astonishing hardship stories to track the Ever-presents journey over 33 years. Their triumphs and cruel disappointments, the amazing sums raised for countless charities, their startling records at home and abroad and their absorbing and colourful lives away from the marathon treadmill makes for absorbing and enlightening reading. This is a book to honour their commitment to London, one of the greatest city Marathons and to provide a lasting tribute to a rapidly diminishing group, decimated by injury, accident, illness and death. The book will provide information, inspiration, and motivation not only to marathon runners but to those watching the London each year thinking "that could be me " 4

Anatomy of Running is a unique aid to your running training. It uses stunning 3D colour illustrations to guide you through a complete range of exercises, each highlighting exactly which muscles are used and how. This is an ideal resource for everyone interested in exercise - from those new to training who are looking for clear and simple guidance to students and health and fitness professionals looking for a detailed guide to anatomy. There is a logical progression through training and every exercise is fully supported with a detailed written description, photograph of the exercise being performed by a leading personal trainer and a 3D anatomical illustration to show which muscle groups are being used. Beginners, intermediate and advanced - whatever your level, Anatomy of Running will help you find your perfect training routine.

In I'M HERE TO WIN, Chris "Macca" McCormack opens his playbook and reveals everything it takes-mind, body, and spirit-to become a champion. Now he shares the story of his triumphs and the never-say-die dedication that has made him the world's most successful triathlete.
In 2010, at the age of 37, Macca beat the odds and won the Ford Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii for a second time in what many called the most dramatic finish in the race's history. Macca's journey to athletic greatness is more than just one of physical perseverance. After coming in fourth in Hawaii in 2009, Macca returned to the island on a mission: He was there to win. A game plan containing a new strategic approach to winning brought him first across the finish line.
Chris McCormack has dedicated his life to training for-and winning-the Ironman Hawaii, one of the most grueling tests of mental and physical endurance in the world. The race challenges athletes to swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles, and run a full marathon, 26.2 miles, using all their strength and willpower to overcome the incredibly harsh conditions.
In I'M HERE TO WIN Macca provides concrete training advice for everyone-from weekend warriors who casually compete to seasoned veterans who race every week to armchair athletes looking for an extra push-and provides insight into the mind of a great champion with excitement and inspiration on every page.
I'M HERE TO WIN is also available as an enhanced e-book with embedded video and audio.

An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Where did the idea of celebrating the Olympic Games every four years come from? The short answer is ancient Greece. The very name 'Olympic' announces an origin for the competition, but, as with most of our classical heritage, it is easy for the superficial similarities to conceal major cultural differences. The purpose of this new book in the Greece and Rome: Texts and Contexts series is to provide an introduction to Greek athletics and their most important competition at Olympia through a selection of contemporary visual and literary sources.

This is the ultimate practical reference for running, cycling and fitness training, covering everything from basic skills, essential clothing and equipment to training schedules, nutrition plans and international events. Step-by-step instructions and over 1,350 specially commissioned photographs and illustrations show how to train in each discipline safely efficiently and for optimum results. It explains how to get involved in races and competitions; how to prepare beforehand, what to do on the day and the best way to recover afterwards. It is an informed text written by leading authorities in the field in an accessible and easy-to-read format. This fantastic, practical volume is the perfect way to find out how you can become a better runner, begin cycling and improve your fitness. Designed to be accessible whatever your level of experience, this book guides you through the basics of each discipline, including warming up, nutrition and essential equipment, and provides individual training plans to build up your ability and even introduce you to competitions and races. Written by leading experts and illustrated throughout with over 1,200 stunning colour photographs, this practical reference is the perfect book for amateur runners, cyclists and trainers, as well as experienced practitioners looking to improve their technique and progress.

Este libro es un viaje inspirador a traves de los ojos, la mente, y el corazon de Alexandra Panayotou, una atleta de ultrafondo que corrio 2010 km en 31 dias, promocionando los Campeonatos de Europa de Atletismo - Barcelona 2010. Aparte de llevarte a los, en ocasiones, angustiosos dias y tortuosas noches, tambien te acercara a su experiencia vital, adentrandote en sus pensamientos y sus emociones, haciendote participe de sus luchas y sus triunfos. Motivador, tanto para corredores como para no corredores, este libro habla acerca de alcanzar tus metas a traves de la excelencia personal.

Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. The word is derived from the Greek word "athlos" meaning "contest". It is a collection of sport events, which can roughly be divided into running, throwing, and jumping. Athletics has become widely spread within society and as a consequence brought with it many ancillary issues. Major areas of concern to society outside the pure competition include: steroid use, role modelling, sport psychology, public relations, and proper place within various levels of education.

Mas de 24 millones de personas corren en los Estados Unidos solo, pero un 65 por ciento tendra que dejar de hacerlo al menos una vez este ano debido a alguna lesion. Aun asi, otros elegiran seguir corriendo a pesar del dolor. Pero en este libro vanguardista, ahora disponible en espanol, el ultra maratoniano Danny Dreyer ensena la tecnica de correr que ha creado para curar y prevenir lesiones, y tambien para correr mas rapido, mas lejos y con mucho menos esfuerzo a cualquier edad.

ChiRunning emplea las profundas reservas de la fuerza de los musculos principales del tronco, un enfoque que se desarrolla de disciplinas tales como el yoga, el metodo Pilates y el Tai Chi. Este excelente programa explicado paso a paso te ofrece los principios del entrenamiento y se aprende muy facilmente.

A Reduce dramaticamente la posibilidad de sufrir lesiones

A Hace el dolor de rodilla y el estres de la tibia medial (periostitis medial)una cosa del pasado

A Reduce enormemente el tiempo de recuperacion despues de las carreras

A Crea un programa de entrenamiento seguro y eficaz

A Hace posible que disfrutes el correr a cualquier distancia tanto si eres un corredor principiante o un competidor experimentado

This book addresses overcoming the odds to win the gold. Two Olympic medalists were recognized at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, days before Christmas 2004. One was the Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James, the 'Chosen One' of the NBA. He had a bronze medal from the Athens games that summer. The other was a Cleveland homeboy too, a gold medalist who had flown higher than anyone before on the Olympic stage. Hardly anyone knew his name. He was Tim Mack.His high school coach didn't see anything particularly promising in the young pole-vaulter. Mack never made it to the state meet, and he was the first to admit he had a fear of heights. But thanks to his unflinching determination and confidence, Mack went on to prove that he was anything but mediocre. In 2004, the young athlete won the Olympic gold medal for pole vaulting. His jump of 19 feet 6-1/4 inches was not only Mack's personal best but the highest in Olympic history.Award-winning sports columnist Bill Livingston follows Mack as he practices one of the world's most dangerous and demanding sports. Livingston reveals the fascinating subculture of pole vaulting - from Bob Richards, the only man to win Olympic gold twice in pole vaulting; to Sergey Bubka, the most controversial pole vaulter ever; to Don Bragg, a rowdy Tarzan-like character who swung on ropes in his backyard to build upper-body strength; to the stirring duel between Mack and Toby Stevenson as they battled for gold in Athens.Readers will discover how Mack struggled and endured, while working in a factory, as a mascot in a bumblebee costume, and as a janitor, and how Mack changed his training and revamped his body and mind in a three-year program that made his Web site, Goldnathens, a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Triathlon Training: Running is essential reading for runners who want to improve their lap times, athletes who want to incorporate running into a multi-sport programme and anyone considering training for their first triathlon. Practical, effective and easy to understand, it contains all the information and advice that serious runners need to improve their technique and achieve great results. It includes: improving your technique for the best results; outdoor and track training techniques for speed and safety; fitness, competition, strength and flexibility training programmes; mental training and motivation; effective equipment use.

Why am I always tired? Why can't I sleep at night? Why do I suffer from jetlag?

We all have a body clock, a biological structure that controls how we feel, our mental and physical performance, and whether we are active or asleep. This is nature's response to our rhythmic environment, dominated by day and night. Though the body clock normally adjusts us to daytime activity and night time sleep, it can go wrong or be tricked by lifestyle changes. This can result in jetlag, some forms of insomnia and even depression. Keeping in time with your body clock provides clear and accessible advice on how to live with, and not against, your body clock. In a clear and accessible style, it explains how the body clock works, how and why it can work against you, and the measures you can take to optimise your feeling of health and wellbeing. It also explains the role of the body clock in illness, and how an understanding of this can increase your feeling of health.

An essential book for anyone who wants to better understand their body and optimise their feeling of health and wellbeing.

Athletes from all levels of achievement competing in sport are involved in a continuous quest to optimise performance. The Improving Sports Performance book series sets out to present a new synthesis of contemporary knowledge and understanding with respect to the scientific basis of performance. Whilst accepting that there is no one answer and recognising that all athletes are individuals, this series aims to provide prescriptive, sports-specific advice as far as is presently possible to enable all athletes to optimise their sporting performance. Improving Sports Performance in Middle and Long-Distance Running, the first book in the series, addresses the physiological demands of middle and long distance running, presenting contemporary research on running. The book covers the limitations to running performance; the application of this knowledge to training and preparation for performance; methods by which the runner, coach, and sports scientist can assess and monitor running performance; and special considerations for optimising performance including nutritional and environmental issues. The series draws upon the expertise of applied exercise physiologists who have direct experience of working with elite performers and coaches. Improving Sports Performance in Middle and Long-Distance Running is aimed at three groups of people. First, sports participants aspiring to improve their personal performance through a more complete understanding of the application of science. Second, coaches of such athletes who wish to complement the art of coaching by basing their training programmes upon rational scientific principles. Third, sports science and physical education students with an interest in implementing the theoretical background of their course in an applied sporting context. Thus, books in the series will steer a course between the theoretical texts of exercise physiology and biochemistry and popular coaching texts.

If you're a runner, or would like to be one, The Runner's Handbook will answer all your questions. Fitness expert Bob Glover-who has trained thousands of runners-shows you how to devise a training program and keep at the top of your form.

College basketball experienced its greatest rise in popularity during the eighties, becoming one of the most commercially successful spectator sports in America. With this rise came an era of scandal: recruiting violations, spurious admittance practices, and controversial treatment of student athletes. Within this guarded context of scrutiny, allegations of improprieties, and media celebrity, Patricia and Peter Adler penetrated the public front of a top twenty basketball team. The result of their efforts, "Backboards and Blackboards: College Athletes and Role Engulfment," is a compelling inside account of an exciting, intimidating, and glamorous hidden arena.

With cities across the country adding miles of bike lanes and building bike-share stations, bicycling is enjoying a new surge of popularity in America. It seems that every generation or two, Americans rediscover the freedom of movement, convenience, and relative affordability of the bicycle. The earliest two-wheeler, the draisine, arrived in Philadelphia in 1819 and astonished onlookers with the possibility of propelling themselves "like lightning." Two centuries later, the bicycle is still the fastest way to cover ground on gridlocked city streets. Filled with lively stories, The Mechanical Horse reveals how the bicycle transformed American life. As bicycling caught on in the nineteenth century, many of the country's rough, rutted roads were paved for the first time, laying a foundation for the interstate highway system. Cyclists were among the first to see the possibilities of self-directed, long-distance travel, and some of them (including a fellow named Henry Ford) went on to develop the automobile. Women shed their cumbersome Victorian dresses-as well as their restricted gender roles-so they could ride. And doctors recognized that aerobic exercise actually benefits the body, which helped to modernize medicine. Margaret Guroff demonstrates that the bicycle's story is really the story of a more mobile America-one in which physical mobility has opened wider horizons of thought and new opportunities for people in all avenues of life.

"At the end of every marathon training run, I recite the Penguin mantra: 'The miracle isn't that I finished, it's that I had the courage to start.' I thank John Bingham for bolstering my courage and helping me run, literally, for my life."--Jessica Stedman Guff, senior producer of ABiTV's "The View
"Jenny Hadfield is an amazing motivator. She makes regular people believe that they can undertake amazing things--and then she's there all the way to encourage them, right down to the finish line. I've never met another coach quite like her."--Kathy O'Malley, WGN Radio--Chicago talk show host in training for her first marathon
Once considered a feat for superhuman athletes, the marathon is now within every mortal's grasp. Former couch potato John Bingham has joined forces with coach Jenny Hadfield to create a winning plan that works for every mortal--even you.
In "Marathoning for Mortals, you'll find the courage to train, the willpower to persevere, and the tenacity to finish one mile after another. John and Jenny stick with you every step of the way, from your first insecure thoughts to your last-minute jitters to your supreme joy at the finish line. In "Marathoning for Mortals, you'll find:
8 training programs to run, run-walk, walk-run, or walk the half-marathon and marathon
The advice you need to physically, mentally, and spiritually reach your dreams
Tips to help you customize your training, buy the right shoes and apparel, and eat the best foods
Guidance for common motivational, physical, and emotional roadblocks
Join John and Jenny on an amazing transformative journey where the finish line is just the beginning.
John "the Penguin" Bingham writes amonthly column for "Runner's World magazine and teaches the basics of running to adult-onset athletes at his popular Penguin Flight Schools. He is also the author of "The Courage to Start: A Guide to Running for Your Life and "No Need for Speed: A Beginner's Guide to the Joy of Running.
Jenny Hadfield, M.A., C.P.T., is a fitness expert who has trained thousands of walkers, run-walkers, and runners of all levels. Her gentle yet uncompromising approach to training combined with her unique insights into the human body and mind will help you discover your inner long-distance athlete. She has qualified for the Boston Marathon and competed in three Eco-Challenges.

Great athletes make difficult moves look effortless with a combination of skill, strength, and balance. Traditional conditioning builds a fitness base, but modern sports training takes into account athletic movement patterns. The "Athletic Body in Balance" book and DVD first of its kind to show you how to train for smooth, fluid movement and prevent muscle imbalances, mobility restrictions, stability problems, and injuries.

Physical therapist and sports conditioning expert Gray Cook has proven the effectiveness of his approach through the performances of athletes in the NFL, NBA, NHL, WNBA, and Reebok(R) University's sports training system. Whereas other books concentrate on maximizing your strengths, the "Athletic Body in Balance" book focuses on exposing and overcoming your weaknesses to form a foundation for long-term training gains. Cook will help you identify functional weaknesses; correct imbalances; explore your potential; and refine sport-specific movement skills such as jumping, kicking, cutting, and turning. You will see where conditioning is breaking down and how to get your body back on track.

The "Athletic Body in Balance DVD" then covers five assessment tests to help you find the imbalances in movement patterns, sample corrective exercises to improve mobility and stability, and ways to integrate these exercises into a regular training program. The tests include

-deep squat--assessing the mobility and stability of the hips, knees, and ankles

-hurdle steps--evaluating bilateral mobility and stability of the hips, knees, and ankles

-in-line lunge--determining hip mobility and stability, quadriceps flexibility, and ankle and knee stability on both sides of the body

-straight leg raise--gauging hamstring flexibility

-seated rotation--measuring uppertrunk stability during a combined upper- and lower-body movement

Move more efficiently and achieve real gains in performance with the "Athletic Body in Balance" book and DVD.

Human Kinetics DVDs are coded for universal playback and can be played in all regions of the world.