Running Smart
How Science Can Improve Your Endurance and Performance
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
Format: Book
Description: x, 294 pages ; 21 cm
"A runner and science journalist seeks to find the scientific basis for much of the commonly transmitted wisdom that exists in the running community"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The rise of the long-distance runner -- The usefulness of running shoes -- Back to bare feet -- Built to run -- Training load and load capacity -- The right fuel in the tank -- A sprint to the john -- Running for your life -- The secret to speed -- Fatigue is all in the mind -- Running as therapy for the brain -- Epilogue: do your own science.
ISBN:
9780262542449
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SPORTS Running Spr | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.