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Marathon in Hong Kong Challenges and Health / edited by Ben Fong, Wai Heung On.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Long-distance runners--Training of.
- Long-distance runners.
- Marathon running--Asia--History.
- Marathon running.
- Marathon running--China--Hong Kong--History.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 321 p. :) ill. ;
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Chinese University Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- The essays in this collection cover topics relating to the history of marathon running in Hong Kong and Asia, what role gender difference plays in marathon sport performance, and the experience of organizing the race in Hong Kong. Concluding sections offer useful advice to runners on the proper way to prevent and treat injuries and the best ways to prepare for long-distance running. Contributors are chosen from a range of universities and are leading scholars, practictioners, and experts on sport.
- Contents:
- History of the marathon
- Issues of the marathon: a review
- Marathon races across Asia
- The Hong Kong experience: 1997-2009
- Marathon media coverage: risk or opportunity?
- Marathon running in Hong Kong - a runner's perspective
- Elite female runners in Hong Kong
- The making of a marathon runner
- Review of medical encounters in the 2007 Hong Kong Marathon
- Case report: 28-year-old 10 km collapses before reaching finish line
- Auxiliary medical service - support and deployment
- Medical case studies from the Hong Kong Marathon
- Evaluation of the 2007 AMS sports injuries course
- Potential medical problems in marathon runners
- Sudden cardiovascular death in marathons
- Nutrition for marathon runners
- Fluid replacement and hyponatremia for athletes
- Motivation and psychological preparation for marathons
- Marathon training
- Injuries in marathon running
- Sports injuries encountered during marathon preparations
- Physiotherapy for marathon runners.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 310-314) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9789629968762
- 9629968762
- OCLC:
- 899261549
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