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Why we run : a natural history / Bernd Heinrich.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Ecco, 2002.Edition: 1st Ecco pbk. edDescription: xii, 292 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0060958707 (pbk.)
  • 9780060958701 (pbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Racing the antelope
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612/.044 21
LOC classification:
  • QP310.R85 H45 2002
Other classification:
  • 42.02
Online resources:
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Author's note -- Prologue -- 1. Wind-in-the-face warm-up -- 2. Ancient runners and us -- 3. Start of the race -- 4. Back to the beginning -- 5. High school cross-country -- 6. College cauldron -- 7. How to reduce an insect's flight endurance -- 8. Ultramarathoners in the sky -- 9. The antelope's running prowess -- 10. The camel's keys to ultraendurance -- 11. Athletic frogs -- 12. To run on two (or more) legs -- 13. Evolution of intelligent running ape people -- 14. Running like dogs and cats -- 15. The fitness of being out of shape -- 16. Diet -- 17. Racing fuel -- 18. Training for the race -- 19. Final preparations -- 20. The race -- Epilogue -- References -- Index.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Karen H. Huntsman Library Main Book Collection - Second Level 612.044 H364W 1 Available 38060007346802
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Originally published: Racing the antelope. New York : HarperCollins, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-282) and index.

Acknowledgments -- Author's note -- Prologue -- 1. Wind-in-the-face warm-up -- 2. Ancient runners and us -- 3. Start of the race -- 4. Back to the beginning -- 5. High school cross-country -- 6. College cauldron -- 7. How to reduce an insect's flight endurance -- 8. Ultramarathoners in the sky -- 9. The antelope's running prowess -- 10. The camel's keys to ultraendurance -- 11. Athletic frogs -- 12. To run on two (or more) legs -- 13. Evolution of intelligent running ape people -- 14. Running like dogs and cats -- 15. The fitness of being out of shape -- 16. Diet -- 17. Racing fuel -- 18. Training for the race -- 19. Final preparations -- 20. The race -- Epilogue -- References -- Index.

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