Be a Better Runner - Real World, Scientifically-Proven Training Techniques

Informationen zum Autor Carl Foster Ph.D.! FACSM is the former president of the American College of Sports Medicine. He is a professor of exercise and sport science at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and director of the Human Performance Laboratory at UW-L. Foster is a former associate editor-in-chief of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise! and a co-editor of ACSM\u2019s Health/Fitness Facility Standards and Guidelines. His distinguished professional career and accomplishments have produced over 250 scientific papers! book chapters! and longer works. Sally Edwards is a former Master's World Record holder in the Ironman Triathlon! a 1984 Olympic Marathoner Trials Finisher as well as a World Record Holder in the Iditashoe 100-Mile Snowshoe Race. She has competed in some of the hardest races on the planet! including the Western States 100-Mile Run which she won. A leader in the field of fitness training! Sally holds a master's in Exercise Physiology and is the creator and CEO of the Heart Zones Training System which uses heart rate data and cardiac training ranges to enhance athletic performance. A founder of the sport of triathlon (and a Triathlon Hall of Fame inductee)! most of Sally's recent races have been performed in her role as the National Spokeswoman for the Danskin Triathlon Series. Roy M. Wallack is a Los Angeles Times health and fitness columnist and former editor of Triathlete and Bicycle Guide magazines. A participant some of the world's toughest running! cycling! and multisport events! including the Boston Marathon! Badwater UltraMarathon! Eco-Challenge! La Ruta de los Conquistadores! and TransRockies Run! he finished second in the World Fitness Championship in 2004. Wallack has written for Outside! Men's Journal! Runner's World! Competitor! Bicycling! Mountain Bike! and authored The Traveling Cyclist: 20 Worldwide Tours of Discovery (1991) and Bike for Life: How to Ride to 100 (2005)! an athletic longevity plan for cyclists. Klappentext Written by marathoner and Triathlon Hall of Fame inductee! Sally Edwards! The Big Book of Running addresses every possible concern from posture and form to nutrition! footwear and race strategy. Racing can be intimidating. After all, it’s so much harder than running. Running—what we do during training—is a comfortable, fun, motivational thing, full of the excitement of improving, the camaraderie of working out with friends and sharing training stories, and the feel-good endorphins of the so-called “runners high.” But then comes race day, and all those enjoyable aspects of the sport suddenly disappear. If you experience even a sliver of those warm-and-fuzzy running-training feelings during a race, according to Carl, consider yourself lucky. Because racing—real performance racing versus “just-want-to-finish”  racing—is not comfy and fun, mentally or physically. In fact, physiologically speaking, he says, if you do it right, it only feels good when it’s over. Understanding that and the reasons behind it is important, because you’ll realistically know what to expect during the race—and how to race it to your best. Then, after you’ve achieved your goal and made yourself proud, you can go home, collapse on the couch, and  return to your old carefree days of just simply running. Until the next race, that is. Zusammenfassung Written by marathoner and Triathlon Hall of Fame inductee, Sally Edwards, The Big Book of Running addresses every possible concern from posture and form to nutrition, footwear and race strategy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter One: Get a Head Start: A Preview of Key Concepts: Hard/Easy! Threshold! and the Black Hole Part One: A Scientific Training Revolution Chapter Two: Your Heart Rate: The Ultimate Training Tool Chapter Three: Training 101: Cutting-Edge Research for Fail-Safe Tra...

Product details

• Authors: Sally Edwards, Sally Foster Edwards, Carl Foster, Roy Wallack
• Publisher: Fair Winds Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2011
• EAN: 9781592334247
• ISBN: 978-1-59233-424-7
• No. of pages: 230
• Subject: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history