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While the book was ultimately retained, Crutcher met with the student and emphasized her bravery to challenge the book, defending her right to do so. [14] Athletic Shorts was challenged again in 2004 in Solon, Iowa, when a man named Doug Singkofer argued that the story "directly contradicts and undermines the beliefs and teachings of our faith".
Feet in the Clouds: a tale of fell-running and obsession is a cult 2004 fell running book by British journalist and author Richard Askwith. The book was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year and the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature. It also won Askwith the Best New Writer prize at the British Sports Book Awards.
The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It (2004) by Neal Bascomb is a non-fiction book about three runners and their attempts to become the first man to run a mile under four minutes and their first subsequent head-to-head competition.
Quenton Cassidy – The protagonist of the book, Cassidy is a collegiate runner whose dedication to the sport forces him to choose to drop out of school and run under the coaching of Bruce Denton (see below). Bruce Denton – A fictional Olympic champion runner who becomes Cassidy's friend and coach. Jerry Mizner – Cassidy's best friend and ...
Raised in Hamilton, Ohio, Clear received his degree in biomechanics from Denison University in 2008, where he also served as captain of the baseball team. [4] [5] During his time at university he took part at the St. Gallen Symposium twice and won the Global Essay Competition in his second year attending.
Jim Fixx was the author of the 1977 best-seller The Complete Book of Running, which sold over one million copies. Fixx is credited with popularizing the sport of running and contributing to the 1970s running boom through regular media appearances that touted the health benefits of exercise.
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Much of the research done on athletic performance has been through meta-analysis reviews. These meta-analysis reviews have shown that there is a benefit to using sport psychology techniques to improve an athletes performance. Some influences that have been found to be largely beneficial include task-cohesion and self-efficacy. [62]