The Runner's Textbook

The Runner’s Textbook is a comprehensive and multifaceted approach to distance running. Dr. Anderson takes the latest in academic knowledge and writes it into an easy to understand, and engaging manner. Dr. Anderson’s training as a coach, a sport psychologist, and a sport sociologist makes this a balanced approach between the physiological, psychological and sociological factors of running. It also offers the most extensive collection of racing tactics and strategies yet published. The Runner’s Textbook covers every conceivable aspect of distance running and racing and it is therefore a must-read for runner’s of all abilities.

Doctor Anderson has coached high school, collegiate and elite distance runners since 1986. He has a bachelors degree in Health Science; a bachelors degree in Physical Education; a masters degree in Sport Psychology and both a masters degree and doctorate in Sport Sociology. This formal education, combined with reading the academic literature on running for 25 years, has helped him masterfully synthesize research on the physical, psychological and social aspects of distance running. Dr. Anderson has published other books relating to distance running, including: Training Games: Coaching Runners Creatively and Trailblazing: The True Story of America's First Openly Gay Track Coach. More can be found at his website _www.EricAndersonPhD.com_ (http: //www.ericandersonphd.com/)