Boston Marathon : how to qualify! / Jeff Galloway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Galloway, Jeff.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boston Marathon.

Marathon running--Massachusetts--Boston.

Marathon running.

Marathon running--Training.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Aachen : Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With the Galloway program it's possible to be in the best shape of your life and have energy to enjoy family and career. The highly successful training schedules include all of the elements needed to qualify based upon the Boston Marathon standards. Galloway's magic mile gives a reality check on progress and sets realistic pacing goals for long runs and the race itself. Biographische Informationen Jeff Galloway was an average teenage runner who kept learning and working harder, until he became an Olympian. He is the author of the best-selling running book in North America (?Galloway's Book o

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; 1 The Power of Boston: Why is the Boston Marathon the Greatest?; 2 My All-Time Favorite Marathon: Sharing Boston 1996 with my Dad; 3 Six Steps to Qualifying for the Boston Marathon; 4 How to Choose the Right Course-Some are Faster; 5 A Tour of the Boston Course with Bill Rodgers; 6 How to Qualify and Enter; 7 A Blending of Key Elements; 8 For Extra Credit; 9 Training Schedules:; Time goal 3:05; Time goal 3:1036; Time goal 3:1540; Time goal 3:2544; Time goal 3:3048; Time goal 3:3552; Time goal 3:4056; Time goal 3:4560; Time goal 3:5564; Time goal 4:0068

Time goal 4:1072Time goal 4:2576; Time goal 4:4080; Time goal 4:55; Time goal 5:10; Time goal 5:25; 10 What if? Making Adjustments Due to Non-perfect Conditions; Race weekend doesn't match up with the training plan; If race day conditions are not right; Injury interruption; Sickness interruption; Career, vacation, family interruptions; Cross training can keep you fit, if you must stop running; 11 The Galloway Run-Walk-Run Method; "Walk breaks give you control over your training and your fatigue.""; Walk before you get tired; A short and gentle walking stride

No need to ever eliminate the walk breaks How to keep track of the walk breaks; Strategies by pace per mile; 12 The "Magic Mile" is Your Reality Check; Galloway's Performance Predictor; 13 Your Journal-The Best Planning and Evaluation Tool; The planning process; 14 Form Improvement Drills-To Make Running Faster and Easier; 15 The Principles of Great Running Form; I believe that running is an inertial activity; Relaxed muscles; The big three: posture, stride and bounce; 16 Hill Training Builds Strength-And More; Hill Running Form

Hill training strengthens lower legs and improves running form Running faster on hills in races; Downhill form; Biggest mistakes: too long a stride, bouncing too much; 17 Speed Training Prepares You for Top Performance; Gradually pushing up the workload; Stress + Rest = Improvement; Introducing the body to speed through "drills"; A gentle increase in your weekly workouts causes a slight breakdown; The damage; Beware of junk miles; Speed training gets you into the anaerobic zone: producing an oxygen debt; The anaerobic threshold; The talk test-how aerobic are you?

Fast Twitch vs. Slow Twitch Muscle Fibers Are you working too hard toward a time goal?; The personal growth of speed training; 18 How Speed Training Works; Sustained Speed-through an increase in the number of repetitions; Longer runs improve endurance-and help you improve finish time; Running form improves; Watch out! Speedwork increases aches, pains and injuries; Beware of the ego; 19 Race Day!; Rehearsal; The afternoon before; Race number; Computer chip; Eating issues; Race day checklist; After the start; After mid-race; The next day; 20 Mental Toughness

Left brain vs. right brain

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 3, 2014).

ISBN:

1-84126-377-X

1-84126-376-1