American public universities suffered tremendous funding cuts during the 1930s, yet they were also responsible for educating increasing numbers of students. The mounting financial troubles, coupled with a perceived increase in the number of "radical" student activists, contributed to a general sense of crisis on American college campuses. University leaders used their athletic programs to combat this crisis and to preserve "traditional" American values and institutions, prescribing different models for men and women. Educators emphasized the competitive nature of men's athletics, seeking to inculcate male college athletes (and their audiences) with individualistic, masculine values in order to reinforce the existing American political and economic systems. In stark contrast, the prevailing model of women's college athletics taught a communal form of democracy. Strongly supported by almost all female athletic leaders, this "a girl for every game, and a game for every girl" model had replaced the more competitive model that had been popular until the 1920s. The new programs denied women individual attention and high-level competition, and they promoted the development of what was considered proper femininity. Whatever larger purposes these programs were intended to serve, they could not have survived without vocal supporters. Democratic Sports tells the important story of how men's and women's college athletic programs survived, and even thrived, during the most challenging decade of the twentieth century.

Correr es una gran manera de mejorar tu salud y bienestar, mejorar tu autoestima y adquirir un sentimiento de realizacion. Correr puede parecer simple para algunos, pero para otros, el asumir un estilo de vida de running, puede presentar un nuevo mundo de entrenamientos, estiramientos, nutricion y equilibrio. Pero llegado el momento, todos podemos ser corredores de por vida si tenemos las herramientas y los conocimientos adecuados. Con consejos de expertos y asesoramiento especificamente para mujeres, este libro es el companero perfecto para el principiante, veterano y aquellos que vuelven a correr despues de una pausa.

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

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

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.

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.

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

For at least a century, across the United States, Mexican American athletes have actively participated in community-based, interscholastic, and professional sports. The people of the ranchos and the barrios have used sport for recreation, leisure, and community bonding. Until now, though, relatively few historians have focused on the sports participation of Latinos, including the numerically preponderant Mexican Americans. This volume gathers an important collection of such studies, arranged in rough chronological order, spanning the period from the late 1920s through the present. They survey and analyze sporting experiences and organizations, as well as their impact on communal and individual lives. Contributions spotlight diverse fields of athletic endeavor: baseball, football, soccer, boxing, track, and softball. ""Mexican Americans and Sports"" contributes to the emerging understanding of the value of sport to minority populations in communities throughout the United States. Those interested in sports history will benefit from the book's focus on under-studied Mexican American participation, and those interested in Mexican American history will welcome the insight into this aspect of the group's social history.

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.

The most successful club in the history of British athletics, Birchfield Harriers was formed in 1877, born out of a dispute over a cross country race and named after the old district about which they centred their activities. Ever since its inception over a century ago, Birchfield Harriers has been at the forefront of innovation and development of the sport of athletics. Indeed it was the first club to own it's own track and to employ a full time administrator. Now based at the Alexander stadium, the UK's premier Athletics venue, the club is undergoing a process of reorganisation heralding another significant era in the development of this most famous of athletics clubs. had an increasing impact on the success of track and field events, at not only national but global level. The ultimate accolade of Olympic Champion has been diligently pursued and claimed by Birmingham-born talents Denise Lewis in the heptathlon at Sydney 2000 and Mark Lewis-Francis with his 'glory leg' in the 4 x 100m at Athens 2004. Other success stories are commonwealth champions Bob Weir, Ashia Hansen and Dwayne Ladejo, international athletes such as Glen Smith, Kelly Sotherton and James Hillier, and disabled World Champions and Record holders such as Debbie Brannan. archives, much of which has never been published before, this book will be a delightful read for all those interested in British athletics.

In virtually every sport in which they are given opportunity to compete, people of African descent dominate. East Africans own every distance running record. Professional sports in the Americas are dominated by men and women of West African descent. Why have blacks come to dominate sports? Are they somehow physically better? And why are we so uncomfortable when we discuss this? Drawing on the latest scientific research, journalist Jon Entine makes an irrefutable case for black athletic superiority. We learn how scientists have used numerous, bogus "scientific" methods to prove that blacks were either more or less superior physically, and how racist scientists have often equated physical prowess with intellectual deficiency. Entine recalls the long, hard road to integration, both on the field and in society. And he shows why it isn't just being black that matters,it makes a huge difference as to where in Africa your ancestors are from.Equal parts sports, science and examination of why this topic is so sensitive, Taboo is a book that will spark national debate.