Masters Track and Field

Masters Track and Field
Author: Leonard T. Olson
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2000-11-29
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780786450565

With some 50,000 men and women competing worldwide, and spectators numbering in the tens of thousands, Masters-level track and field proves that athletes of any age may be recognized by their passion for sports, their interest in fitness, and their skill. In this book-length account of track and field competition by men over 40 and women over 35, the leaders of the Masters program discuss its growth since 1968 and the role of the older athlete in the world of sport. The work also reviews the effects of aging on performance and explains the adjustments of standards and scoring.

Racing Age

Racing Age
Author: Angela Jimenez
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Older athletes
ISBN: 9780692772126

A book of documentary photographs and essays about competitive masters track & field athletes by photojournalist Angela Jimenez.

West Region Outdoor Masters Track and Field Championship: Brief History and Meet Records 1975 - 2021

West Region Outdoor Masters Track and Field Championship: Brief History and Meet Records 1975 - 2021
Author: Jeffery Davison
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-11-25
Genre:
ISBN:

Sports statistic book that includes a brief history and meet records. Book includes lists of Olympians, Hall of Fame athletes and other notable athletes that have competed at the meet. A list of organizations that are involved with this sport, and website links for where to compete are included. Meet put on the West Region of USATF.

SpeedRunner

SpeedRunner
Author: Pete Magill
Publisher: VeloPress
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2018-05-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1937716996

The speed you need to outsprint the competition, juke your opponent on the field or court, set personal records, and achieve peak performance. In SpeedRunner, celebrated running coach Pete Magill reveals his 4-week training plan to make any athlete into a faster runner, no matter the sport, age, gender, experience, or goals. In every sport that includes running, the difference between the best and the rest is tenths of a second. From team sports like football, soccer, basketball, and baseball to individual sports like distance running, track, and triathlon, faster leg speed makes champions. By targeting the neuromuscular system and strengthening muscle and connective tissue, Magill’s SpeedRunner program builds speed, strength, endurance, agility, coordination, balance, proprioception, and explosive power so athletes can excel. Developed over decades of experience coaching athletes of all ages from short sprints to the marathon, Magill’s SpeedRunner program is your key to speed. Magill has led his club to two dozen US National Masters Championships in road running and cross country. As a 5-time USA Masters Cross Country Runner of the Year and multiple American and world age-group record holder himself, Magill is proof that his training methods are effective. Along with its core 4-week program, SpeedRunner offers speed only training, once-a-week speed work for distance runners, and single-day sessions focused on injury prevention and whole-body strength. SpeedRunner will make you faster, stronger, quicker—no matter your sport!

Fast 5K

Fast 5K
Author: Pete Magill
Publisher: VeloPress
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2019-09-10
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 194800609X

Spend two hours with Pete Magill’s Fast 5K and you’ll know how to run your fastest 5K. In his fast-paced, ultimate guide to 5K running races, celebrated running coach Pete Magill reveals the 25 crucial keys to setting your next 5K PR. Magill shares hard-earned lessons he gained while leading 19 teams to USA national championships and setting multiple American and world age-group and masters records. Fast 5K shares Magill’s essential keys to finding your fastest running fitness and race readiness. The 25 keys include optimal training mileage, effective tempo runs, VO2 max workouts, hill repeats, plyometrics that work, ways to prevent injuries, recovery tips, guides to diet and racing weight, choosing racing flats, and much more. Offering three 12-week and one 16-week 5K training plans, Fast 5K is the key to your best 5K running times. Pete Magill is a world-class 5K runner, personally holds multiple American and world age-group records in track & field and road racing and is a 5-time USA Masters Cross Country Runner of the Year. Now in this distilled guide, you can get world-class advice on how to run your fastest 5K ever.

SCA Outdoor Masters Track and Field Championship: Brief History and Meet Records 1974 - 2021

SCA Outdoor Masters Track and Field Championship: Brief History and Meet Records 1974 - 2021
Author: Jeffery Davison
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-11-25
Genre:
ISBN:

Sports statistic book that includes a brief history and meet records. Book includes lists of Olympians, Hall of Fame athletes and other notable athletes that have competed at the meet. A list of organizations that are involved with this sport, and website links for where to compete are included. Southern California Association of USATF.

Long-Armed Ludy and the First Women's Olympics

Long-Armed Ludy and the First Women's Olympics
Author: Jean L. S. Patrick
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2020-12-11
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1684520789

Lucile “Ludy” Godbold was six feet tall and skinnier than a Carolina pine and an exceptional athlete. In her ?nal year on the track team at Winthrop College in South Carolina, Ludy tried the shot put and she made that iron ball sail with her long, skinny arms. But when Ludy qualified for the first Women's Olympics in 1922, Ludy had no money to go. Thanks to the help of her college and classmates, Ludy traveled to Paris and won the gold medal with more than a foot to spare. Hooray for Ludy! Based on a true story about a little-known athlete and a unique event in women's sports history.

The Masters Athlete

The Masters Athlete
Author: Joe Baker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2009-09-10
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1134023499

Masters athletes are those that continue to train and compete, typically at a high level, beyond the age of thirty-five and into middle and old age. As populations in the industrialized world get older and governments become increasingly keen to promote healthy aging and non-pharmacological interventions, the study of masters athletes enables us to better understand the benefits of, and motivations for, life-long involvement in physical activity. This is the first book to draw together current research on masters athletes. The Masters Athlete examines the evidence that cognitive skills, motor skills and physiological capabilities can be maintained at a high level with advancing age, and that age related decline is slowed in athletes that continue to train and compete in their later years. Including contributions from leading international experts in physiology, motor behaviour, psychology, gerontology and medicine, the book explores key issues such as: motivation for involvement in sport and physical activity across the lifespan evidence of lower incidence of cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and diabetes the maintenance of performance with age. Challenging conventional views of old age, and with important implications for policy and future research, this book is essential reading for students and practitioners working in sport and exercise science, aging and public health, human development, and related disciplines.

Masters Running

Masters Running
Author: Hal Higdon
Publisher: Rodale
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2005-03-10
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781594860218

A championship runner describes the techniques and methods needed to become a competitive runner after age forty, with information on intelligent training, developing fitness and flexibility, maintaining a healthy diet, and much more. Original. 20,000 first printing.