In short:Recalling Britain's golden era of middle distance running, the author charts the great rivalry that made athletics unmissable in the early 1980s Full Review: Recalling Britain's golden era of middle distance running, the author charts
In short:Tim Noakes and Stephen Granger's classic handbook of injury prevention and treatment has been fully revised to reflect the latest international research. It is an unrivalled guide for runners at all levels, from elite athletes to weekend
In short:Olympic athlete Jeff Galloway shows how amateur runners can use the same training principles followed by world-class runners. He tells beginners how to get started, explains his ideas on stress and rest, and reveals secrets for running
fair share of controversy, more than anything, the marathon is the measure of athletics heroes. What does it take, apart from dogged determination, to run an Olympic marathon? No athlete now would try what Zatopek did half a century ago. Where the first
of running; goal-setting for competitive runners; developing a plan for total body fitness; strategies for successful racing from the 800-metre through the marathon; integrating psychological and physiological aspects of athlete development; and stress
In short:Once considered a feat for superhuman athletes alone, the marathon is now within the reach of any ordinary person. Former couch potato and "Runner's World" columnist John Bingham has joined forces with coach Jenny Hadfield to create a plan
streets of Manhattan as we discover what lurks within the breast of the endurance athlete: an unreasonable hatred of his fellow runners (except nubile females of the species), a contempt for the idiocy of stadium announcers and a strange fear of spectators
how America's best-loved distance runner won his in this biography. birkmyre: A classic athletics book Strengths: His story which was well documented and written Weaknesses: His story which was well documented and written Overall: Very good athletics
's sub-4 minute run. Drunken Euphoria on tour: A NOSTALGA-FEST FOR THE GLORY DAYS OF BRITISH ATHLETICS Strengths: Great early history of attempts including unsubstantiated sub-4's from the dim and distant past. The best bits were the match races of pro vs
like this magnesium) Andreas Stradis: STOPS OVER NIGHT CATABOLISM AND AIDS SLEEP. Strengths: Keeps your body ticking over during especially hard training, when some athletes awaken due to low blood sugar or cramp. Weaknesses: Keeps your body ticking
