More than 50 years ago, New Zealand's Arthur Lydiard started
using terms like base training, periodization, and peaking. His
U.S. counterpart, Bill Bowerman, brought Lydiard's term for what
until then had been called roadwork, or jogging, to the States.
Soon after, the 1970s running boom started, spurred by
exercise-advocating research from the growing fields of exercise
science and sports medicine and from enthusiasts such as Jim Fixx,
author of "The Complete Book of Running." One of Bowerman's former
runners at the University of Oregon, Phil Knight, saw to it that
those millions of new runners had swoosh-adorning footwear designed
specifically for their sport.
The pace of knowledge enhancement and innovation has, in fact,
been so brisk through the years that even highly informed runners
could be excused for not keeping up, but no longer." Running
Science" is a one-of-a-kind resource:
- An easily comprehended repository of running research
- A wealth of insights distilled from great sport and exercise
scientists, coaches, and runners
- A do-it-right reference for a host of techniques and
tactics
- An array of the most credible and widely used training
principles and programs
- Perhaps most of all, a celebration of the latest science-based
know-how of running, now truly the world's most popular sport
Elite running coach Owen Anderson presents this comprehensive
work in a compelling way for runners. A PhD and coach himself,
Anderson has both a great enthusiasm for sharing what scientific
studies offer the running community and a keen sense of what's
really important for today's informed runners to know.
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