East African Running : Toward a Cross-Disciplinary Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780415377874 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 320 str.

Yannis Pitsiladis;Pitsiladis/Bale

Opis

Leading researchers from the fields of both sports science and sports social science explore the controversial question of how a relatively small geographical area of Africa has produced such a high number of the world's greatest middle- and long-distance runners.

Spis treści

Introduction  Notes on Contributors  Part 1: Socio-Economic and Cultural Perspectives  1. Kenyan Running Before the 1968 Mexico Olympics  2. The Promise and Possibilities of Running In and Out of East Africa  3. Raiders from the Rift Valley: Cattle Raiding and Distance Running in East Africa  4. The Haile Gebrselassie Story: A Biography of Difference  Part 2: Physiological Perspectives  5. Outstanding Performance Despite Low Fluid Intake: The Kenyan Running Experience  6. Energy Balance and Body Composition of Elite Endurance Runners: A Hunter-Gatherer Phenotype  7. Diet and Endurance Performance of Kenyan Runners: A Physiological Perspective  8. Dominance of Kenyan Kalenjins in Middle- and Long-Distance Running  9. Understanding the Dominance of African Endurance Runners: Exercise Biology and an Integrative Model  10. Studies of Physiological and Neuromuscular Function of Black South African Distance Runners  11. Erythropoietic Indices in Elite Kenyan Runners Training at Altitude: Effects of Descent to Sea Level  Part 3: Athleticogenomic Perspectives  12. Genes and Human Elite Athletic Performance  13. Genetics and Endurance Performance  14. Evidence for the 'Natural' East African Athlete

O autorze

Yannis Pitsiladis, John Bale, Craig Sharp, Tim Noakes