Running Smart: How Science Can Improve Your Endurance and Performance 9780262365208, 2020029795, 9780262542449, 0262542447
A science writer and recreational runner explores the science behind popularly held beliefs about shoes, injuries, nutri
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English Pages 304 Year 2021
Table of contents :
Preface
1 The Rise of the Long-Distance Runner
2 The Usefulness of Running Shoes
3 Back to Bare Feet
4 Built to Run
5 Training Load and Load Capacity
6 The Right Fuel in the Tank
7 A Sprint to the John
8 Running for Your Life
9 The Secret to Speed
10 Fatigue Is All in the Mind
11 Running as Therapy for the Brain
Epilogue: Do Your Own Science
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index
Preface
1 The Rise of the Long-Distance Runner
2 The Usefulness of Running Shoes
3 Back to Bare Feet
4 Built to Run
5 Training Load and Load Capacity
6 The Right Fuel in the Tank
7 A Sprint to the John
8 Running for Your Life
9 The Secret to Speed
10 Fatigue Is All in the Mind
11 Running as Therapy for the Brain
Epilogue: Do Your Own Science
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index
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- van Sprundel
- Mariska
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- the science behind popularly held beliefs about shoes, injuries, nutrition, "runner's high," and more.
