A World-Class Marathon Runner

by Middleton, Haydn

• ISBN13: 9781403455352
• ISBN10: 140345535X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-30
• Publisher: Heinemann/Raintree

Summary

Contents include: The Need for Preparation; How Marathons Began; The Olympic Marathon; City Marathons; Deciding to Run a Marathon; Living the Marathon Life; Training Goals and Patterns; Breaking the Year into Periods; Bodywork; Fueling the Body; Building Strength and Endurance; Making the Body Work Better; Strong and Steady Wins the Race; The Long Run; Practice Makes Perfect; Fluid Replacement Tactics; Battling Dehydration; Measuring Performance; Oxygen for Energy; The Value of Speed; Injury and Recovery; What Can Go Wrong?; Getting to Know the Climate; The Final Countdown; The Three Rs of Peak Performance; The Problem of Pace; High-Performance Principles; After the Race; What It Means to be a Marathon Champion.

Table of Contents

The ultimate challenge	p. 4
How marathons began	p. 6
The Olympic marathon	p. 8
City marathons	p. 10
Preparing to run a marathon	p. 12
Training goals and patterns	p. 14
Fueling the body	p. 16
Building strength and endurance	p. 18
The long run	p. 20
Fluid replacement tactics	p. 22
Measuring performance	p. 24
Injury and recovery	p. 26
Knowing the course	p. 28
The final countdown	p. 30
Pre-race rituals	p. 32
The problem of pace	p. 34
Race strategy	p. 36
Making a break	p. 38
After the race	p. 40
Being a champion marathon runner	p. 42
Marathon records and landmarks	p. 44
Glossary	p. 46
Resources	p. 47
Index	p. 48
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