Bill Rodgers and Scott Douglas provide complete instruction on developing ideal running techniques for personal fitness and serious competition. Through easy-to-follow steps designed to gradually build their abilities, readers learn how to choose reliable shoes and running gear and create an effective training and running program. Plus, Bill shares expert tips on nutrition, reducing stress with exercise, avoiding and treating injuries, and entering and winning various competitions. The text isamply supplemented with figures of stretching positions, training exercises, muscle diagrams, running apparel, and more. Emphasis is on distance running rather than sprinting.
- ISBN10 0028644662
- ISBN13 9780028644660
- Publish Date 26 June 2003
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 March 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Dorling Kindersley Ltd
- Imprint Alpha
- Format Paperback
- Pages 360
- Language English