Marathon Running: Physiology, Psychology, Nutrition and Training Aspects

By: Christoph Zinner and Billy Sperlich

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Synopsis: The book contains recent research about physiology,psychology, nutrition and training aspects of Marathon Running of differentage, gender and performance level. The basic knowledge of marathon running withexplanations of the physiological and psychological mechanisms induced bymarathon training with the associated adaptations and subsequent improvedphysiological capacities are presented in a reader friendly format forresearchers and practitioners. The book includes a full range of usefulpractical knowledge, as well as trainings principles to guide the reader to runmarathon faster. After reading the book the reader is able to develop trainingplans and owns the knowledge about up-to-date scientific results in the fieldsof physiology, psychology, nutrition in marathon running.