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Running to the Top
In this book Arthur Lydiard presents an overview of the techniques of middle and long distance running. His description of a systematic, detailed training programme for beginners and top-runners is based on a clear defined conception of fitness. Beneath detailed schedules for training, the book includes tips concerning equipment, kit, nutrition, prevention of injury, thera...more
Paperback, 220 pages
Published
January 1st 1997
by Meyer & Meyer Fachverlag und Buchhandel GmbH
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I got this book as a gift from my cousin, who lives with her husband in the Denver area of Colorado. As active runners, they purchased this at an event where the man himself, Arthur Lydiard, spoke to a large audience of interested long distance athletes. Sadly enough, Lydiard passed away only months after. When my cousin finished this book, she sent it to me, knowing that I was in my final year of collegiate eligibility in track. I devoured this over the Christmas Break, and I instantly used...more
Удивительно интересная книга про бег. Тяжело поверить в достижения совершенно рядовых людей, начавших заниматься спортом в возрасте, когда уже о душе думать надо и, как говорится в одном старом анекдоте, к землице привыкать. Ну и абсолютно невероятна история о марафонце, начавшем заниматься бегом после перенесённого инфаркта и достигшем серьёзных успехов в соревнованиях.
Очень доступно описана физиология, особенно сердечно-сосудистой системы, полно рекомендаций к технике бега, питанию. Ну и,...more
Очень доступно описана физиология, особенно сердечно-сосудистой системы, полно рекомендаций к технике бега, питанию. Ну и,...more
Lydiard's works are referred to so often that I felt I had to get and read a copy of this book. But it's been so long since I read it that I can't say anything about it's contents. The one thing that I can say is that I had a hard time deciding what book to buy because he has two books published a few years apart with nearly identical titles.
Lydiard is arguably the greatest long distance running coach the world has ever seen. Starting with New Zealand and Japan then moving to the hay-day of Finland and into the Kenyan federation, creating the most dominant distance runners in the world where ever he spread his knowledge.
With such a large pool of misunderstanding over Lydriad's training ideas, this is a fantastic look into the heart of Lydiard's training theory. It is nice to see these theories with some of the physiologi...more
With such a large pool of misunderstanding over Lydriad's training ideas, this is a fantastic look into the heart of Lydiard's training theory. It is nice to see these theories with some of the physiologi...more
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