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Run to Win
"Within only a few decades, Kenya has established itself as the running nation No. 1. Today, Kenyan athletes dominate the world rankings in all distances between the 800m and the marathon. How did they do this? "Run to win" describes the development of running in Kenya from the time of the British influence until nowadays. It lets coaches, who have strongly influenced the rise of the East-African nation to a world power in sports, speak in their own words, and it shows how running has also become a big business. The reader will learn about the training secrets of the stars and will also receive valuable tips for his own career or sports life, be it as an amateur jogger or an ambitious runner. This book is a must-have for all running coaches and runners, and also for all those who want to learn more about the backgrounds and secrets of the Kenyan success story. The features include: a must-have for all running coaches and runners; learn the training secrets of the stars; and lots of valuable tips for the amateur jogger to the ambitious runner."--BOOK JACKET.
Moroccan Success; The Kada Way
Description""Excelling in international distance running is not an easy caper. Who is willing to put in the hours of everyday training? Who wants to physically exhaust themselves at regular intervals? Who finds satisfaction in testing their mental strength, while pushing through the pain barrier? Who is willing to commit their entire everyday life to being the best they can be? Abdelkader Kada has coached athletes of exceptional ability who answered 'yes' to these questions. The stories of Moroccans Hicham El Guerrouj, Salah Hissou and Ali Ezzine are ones of great success. Success that was achieved through dedication, belief and natural talent. Inspired by their coach and the earlier deeds o...
Racing the Hands of Time
Racing the Hands of Time By: Larry Hannon Racing the Hands of Time distills a lifetime of running, coaching, and study into a comprehensive yet compact guide to fitness, sport, and living. Larry Hannon offers the eager student a program for lifelong exercise, health, and longevity grounded in the author’s own extensive experience and a wealth of research and learning. A highlight of the book is the up-to-date survey of the latest findings in sports science, so that prospective runners can feel confident in Hannon’s suggestions about the way to run and the way to live. As he says, he sees this book as a way to “pass the baton” onto a new generation.
Top Distance Runners of the Century
In this work, the greatest stars of distance running reveal their vast experience for the young generation. The volume seeks to be a valuable addition to the ordinary training manuals by bringing a human substance to the mechanical part of training. There are no external comments whatsoever in the book's pages; all the comments come from the athletes, who reveal their attitudes towards training and racing.
No Game No Life, Vol. 9 (light novel)
All’s fair in love and war! Gamer siblings Sora and Shiro have at last defeated the Old Deus Holou, and now they're switching gears: Their next endeavor is to make Holou the number one pop idol in all of Disboard! They’ve even abandoned their royal posts, halting all domestic affairs to focus on her training. But amidst the chaos of their pet project comes a strange message from the representative of the tenth-ranked race, the Ex Machina... Is another arduous battle on the horizon for Sora and Shiro?!
The Cybernetics of Kenyan Running
There has been speculation, but no definitive answer, as to why many of the world's fastest middle and long distance runners are from Kenya. Most of the fastest runners in Kenya come from only a few of the 42 tribes, and, amazingly, several sub-tribes account for a sizeable portion of those. "The Kenyans," as they are frequently called, are not homogenous, but have tremendous cultural diversity. Peak performance requires unique biological, cultural, and psychological factors. Mayes argues that, at this juncture in history, Kenyans have the necessary components required to excel in professional running. He breaks down each of these components and analyzes them and their interrelationships wit...
No Game No Life, Vol. 7 (light novel)
IT'S A GAME OF LIFE AND DEATH BETWEEN THE GAMER SIBLINGS AND A GOD!Subsequent to the eternal Great War, Disboard-the world where everything is decided by games and wagers rather than violence-is born. But winners still trample losers, and the victims pile up. A young Shrine Maiden laughs at how nothing has changed... Sora and Shiro agree to a dice game in which the number of dice you have is determined by your age, but in a contest where all the players are pitted against one another and death hangs in the balance, will the sibling gamers survive or lose everything-including their lives?
No Game No Life, Vol. 5 (light novel)
(Volume 1)Meet Sora and Shiro, a brother and sister who are loser shut-ins by normal standards. But these siblings don't play by the rules of the "crappy game" that is average society. In the world of gaming, this genius pair reigns supreme, their invincible avatar so famous that it's the stuff of urban legend. So when a young boy calling himself God summons the siblings to a fantastic alternate world where war is forbidden and all conflicts--even those involving national borders--are decided by the outcome of games, Sora and Shiro have pretty much hit the jackpot. But they soon learn that in this world, humanity, cornered and outnumbered by other species, survives within the confines of one city. Will Sora and Shiro, two failures at life, turn out to be the saviors of mankind? Let the games begin...!
No Game No Life, Vol. 3 (light novel)
In the world of Disboard, everything is decided by games. And after rising to reign as the monarchs of the remnants of Disboard's humans, gamer siblings Sora and Shiro have now wagered the fate of every human being alive on the outcome of a game against the Eastern Union! But immediately after making this wager, Sora disappears, leaving only a cryptic message behind. "Blank," the legendary two-in-one gamer, has been torn asunder! What is Sora thinking? What will Shiro do? What will become of humanity? And what about the paradise of animal-girls?!"Didn't I tell you? It's checkmate. You guys...were doomed long ago."In the third volume of the bestselling alternate-world fantasy series, it's a risky showdown against the Werebeasts!
The New Crisis
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