What makes East African middle and long distance runners the best
in the world? How should contemporary academia approach this
question? The success of East African distance runners has
generated a plethora of studies but much of the 'evidence'
presented to support hypotheses is anecdotal, arguments being led
by non-academics who use popular media as their medium rather than
relying on scientific publications. This has resulted in many
stereotypical arguments being advocated. Within the academic
community, research has also been restricted by its isolation
within either the natural science or social science communities.
East African Running: Towards a Cross Disciplinary Perspective,
presents a rare collaboration between researchers from the sports
sciences and social sciences to explore the questions raised by the
phenomena of East African success on the track. The text includes:
psycho-social and economic explanations physiological and genetic
explanations attempts to provide unified theories bringing together
ideas from natural and social sciences Includes contributions from
John Bale, Jim Denison, Timothy D. Noakes and Craig Sharp.
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