Better Runs: 25 Years Worth of Lessons for Running Faster and Farther
Language: English
Published by Human Kinetics Publishers, 1995
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This guide offers readers practical advice on every aspect of running, from how to choose the right shoes, to how to set up an effective training programme, and how to improve race tactics. The book includes the author's own anecdotes about his own and others' successes and failures, and he offers runners advice on how to balance their training by rotating workout distances; how to measure, record and analyze their times and distances; how to improve racing with more efficient pacing; how to supplement running with other exercises; and set challenging, yet reachable running goals. The book should enlighten elite runners and joggers alike.
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- Title
- Better Runs: 25 Years Worth of Lessons for Running Faster and Farther
- Author
- Joe Henderson
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics Publishers
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0873228669
- ISBN 13
- 9780873228664
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About the Author
Henderson received his BA from Drake University in 1965. After graduation he worked as an editor in the sports department at the Des Moines Register and later as a staff writer for Track & Field News. In 1967 he started his long employment with Runner's World, where he eventually worked his way up to senior editor. Henderson is also an adjunct assistant professor of journalism at the University of Oregon. In addition, he writes and produces a monthly newsletter called Running Commentary.
Henderson is a former executive director of the International Runners Committee, which was instrumental in placing a women's marathon in the Olympics. His honors include being inducted into the Road Runners Club of America Hall of Fame and receiving the club's journalism award in 1979, and being named a Drake University Distinguished Alumnus in 1981. Henderson lives in Eugene, Oregon.
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