Mastering Running
1st Edition
Published on 16. July 2018
240 pages
978-1-4925-7914-4 (ISBN)
Description
Mastering Running, regardless of your age, optimal performance and new personal bests await. Cathy Utzschneider, highly accomplished and renowned masters runner and coach, has created the definitive guide for runners, athletes, and fitness buffs. Runners from 30 to 100 will benefit from the targeted approach that covers these aspects: Evaluating and refining running form to improve speed and endurance Exercises, stretches, and routines to prevent common age-related injuries Training programs for the mile, 5K, 10K, half marathon, and full marathon Proven strategies, used by todays top runners, that shave seconds off your time Mastering Running contains all the advice and instruction youd expect from an elite-level coach. With details on segmenting, front running, tapering, recovering, and fueling, Mastering Running is the one guide youll rely on time and again for a lifetime of serious running.
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Content
- Title Page-Mastering Running
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1-The Masters Runner
- Chapter 1-Masters Running: The Never-Ending Pursuit
- Chapter 2-Understanding Running and Aging
- Chapter 3-Meeting the Challenge of Aging
- Chapter 4-Biomechanics of Good Form
- Chapter 5-Warding Off Injuries
- Chapter 6-Flexibility and Stretching
- Part 2-Training
- Chapter 7-Goal Setting for Fitness and Competition
- Chapter 8-Getting Faster
- Chapter 9-Getting Stronger
- Part III-Evenet Specific Training Programs
- Chapter 10-Back to Basics
- Chapter 11-Mile and 5K
- Chapter 12-10K and Half Marathon
- Chapter 13-Marathon
- Part 4-Competing
- Chapter 14-Race Strategy
- Chapter 15-Beyond the Standard Events
- Appendix
- References
- Index
- About the Author
