East African Running

Introduction Notes on Contributors Part 1: Socio-Economic and Cultural Perspectives 1. Kenyan Running Before the 1968 Mexico Olympics 2. The Promise and Possibilities of Running In and Out of East Africa 3. Raiders from the Rift Valley: Cattle Raiding and Distance Running in East Africa 4. The Haile Gebrselassie Story: A Biography of Difference Part 2: Physiological Perspectives 5. Outstanding Performance Despite Low Fluid Intake: The Kenyan Running Experience 6. Energy Balance and Body Composition of Elite Endurance Runners: A Hunter-Gatherer Phenotype 7. Diet and Endurance Performance of Kenyan Runners: A Physiological Perspective 8. Dominance of Kenyan Kalenjins in Middle- and Long-Distance Running 9. Understanding the Dominance of African Endurance Runners: Exercise Biology and an Integrative Model 10. Studies of Physiological and Neuromuscular Function of Black South African Distance Runners 11. Erythropoietic Indices in Elite Kenyan Runners Training at Altitude: Effects of Descent to Sea Level Part 3: Athleticogenomic Perspectives 12. Genes and Human Elite Athletic Performance 13. Genetics and Endurance Performance 14. Evidence for the 'Natural' East African Athlete