This handbook provides the essential information first-time and veteran marathon runners need on training, stretching, nutrition, injuries, clothing, shoes and racing. Detailed training programmes are included for 10K, half marathon, marathon and ultramarathon.
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Bruce Fordyce is one of the greatest ultramarathon runners of all time. He has raced in major marathon and ultramarathon races around the world, and he has set numerous records that remain unbeaten to this day. Fordyce won the South African Comrades Marathon a record nine times, including eight consecutive years from 1981 to 1988. A sports columnist for various newspapers and magazines and the author of two books on the Comrades Marathon, Fordyce frequently serves as a motivational speaker. He currently serves as the chief executive officer of the South African Sports Trust.
Mariëlle Renssen is a travel and lifestyle writer and a runner specializing in half marathons. She coauthored Eyewitness Travel Guide to South Africa with Michael Brett and Brian Johnson-Barker.
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This review is from: Marathon Runner's Handbook (Soviet Medical Reviews: Section E - Virology Reviews) (Paperback)
total waste of time. 75% of book was pictures unrelated to training. A little info on exercise and diet. Mostly just fluff. Training times listed are too short.
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This review is from: Marathon Runner's Handbook (Soviet Medical Reviews: Section E - Virology Reviews) (Paperback)
Definetely a must for any runner who wants to learn general facts about the sport, as well as general information in anatomy and physiology. Very interesting and useful.
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Scientific studies have shown that the human body is designed to be tested physically, and that it rewards those who do so - as long as runners are sensible about their activity and take care to treat their body well. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hilly run, many runners, racing shoes, most runners, race route, experienced runners, elite runners, lactate threshold Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bill Rodgers, Boston Marathon, Olympic Marathon, South African, New York, Runner's World, Tim Noakes, Los Angeles, Alberto Salazar, Comrades Marathon, Frank Shorter, Olympic Games, Bruce Fordyce New!
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Scientific studies have shown that the human body is designed to be tested physically, and that it rewards those who do so - as long as runners are sensible about their activity and take care to treat their body well. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hilly run, many runners, racing shoes, most runners, race route, experienced runners, elite runners, lactate threshold Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bill Rodgers, Boston Marathon, Olympic Marathon, South African, New York, Runner's World, Tim Noakes, Los Angeles, Alberto Salazar, Comrades Marathon, Frank Shorter, Olympic Games, Bruce Fordyce New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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This book cites 3
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- Lore of Running, 4th Edition by Timothy Noakes on page 42, page 133, and page 126
- The Olympic Games by Ron Thomas in Front Matter
- The Complete Book of Running by James Fixx on page 42
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