More Fire

by Tanser, Toby

• ISBN13: 9781594160745
• ISBN10: 1594160740
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-28
• Publisher: Westholme Pub Llc

Summary

Kenya has produced the greatest concentration of world-class runners, and fellow athletes have long been intrigued by their remarkable success. Toby Tanser has devoted much of his professional career living and training among Kenyan runners in order to better understand the unique status of East African athletes. In More Fire: How to Run the Kenyan Way, the author builds upon the success of his acclaimed Train Hard, Win Easy, the first book to provide insights into the Kenyan "magic" that so many runners and coaches had sought. Instead of special foods or secret techniques, Tanser found that Kenyan runners simply trained incredibly hard, much harder than anyone had realized. By adapting their training regime-which includes three workouts a day-and following their example, runners, whether novices or champions, are able to improve both their performance and enjoyment in running. For those training for a marathon or any other distance race, this book is both practical and inspirational. Divided into four parts, the book begins with a description of running in Kenya, the landscape, the physical conditions, and the people; the second part concentrates on details of Kenyan training camps, training methods, and their typical training diet; the third profiles individual runners and coaches from the past and present, with each explaining their approach to running so that readers can gain further insight into their methods. The book ends with a discussion on how the reader can adapt Kenyan training practices for their own running requirements. More Fire: How to Run the Kenyan Wayis essential reading for runners of all levels and experience.

Author Biography

Toby Tanser is founder and director of Shoe4Africa and director of the New York Road Runners

Table of Contents

Introduction
Kenyan Running
Why Do Kenyans Run with More Fire?	p. 3
A Brief History of Kenyan Running	p. 21
Kenyan Management and Eldoret Town	p. 38
The Women Warriors: Kenyan Women Run the Country	p. 47
The Stars and Stripes of Kenyan Running	p. 64
A Typical Kenyan Training Run: On the Roads of Iten	p. 71
Training
Training Scenes	p. 103
The Kenyan Diet	p. 125
Mombasa: The World Cross Country Comes Home	p. 132
Train Hard, Race Smart	p. 141
Road Racing, Kenyan Style	p. 143
Kenyan Pioneers	p. 144
The Coaches	p. 152
Profiles
800 Meters and 1500 Meters	p. 165
The Steeplechase	p. 174
5000 Meters and 10,000 Meters	p. 191
The Marathon	p. 208
Cross Country	p. 257
Results
What Can I Learn From the Kenyans?	p. 281
Fifteen Ways to Adopt a Kenyan Training Method	p. 281
The Basics Explained	p. 283
Paul Tergat's Three Golden Rules of Running	p. 284
Shoe4Africa: The Running Charity	p. 285
About the Author	p. 291
Acknowledgments	p. 292
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