Edward S. Sears

Running Through the Ages, 2d ed.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Beginning with prehumans running down prey, this book describes how ancient, medieval and modern runners have come to run ever faster. New material for this revised and expanded second edition includes coverage of the 1970s running boom, women marathon pioneers, the impact of drugs on running, and the feats of 21st century runners such as Usain Bolt and Paula Radcliffe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 645g
• ISBN-13: 9780786473397
• ISBN-10: 0786473398
• Artikelnr.: 42195053

Autorenporträt

The late Edward S. Sears, a retired aerospace engineer and avid runner, lived in Shawsville, Virginia.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments
vi Preface
1 Introduction
3 I.
Running and Human Evolution (7,000,000-50,000 bc)
7 II.
Running in the Ancient World (3,000 bc-ad 500)
15 III. From the Middle Ages to Pedestrianism (ad 500-1800) IV.
The Origin of Modern Running (1800-1850)
51 V.
The Glory Days of the Pros and the Rise of the Amateurs (1850-1900)
72 VI.
Organized Running Becomes a Worldwide Sport (1900-1950)
144 VII.
Drugs, the Rise of the Africans and the Running Boom (1950-2000)
212 VIII.
Running in the Twenty-first Century (2001-2015)
299 Notes
315 Bibliography
321 Index
325