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Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to two miles (3218.688 metres). The standard middle distances are the 800 metres , 1500 metres and mile run , although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. [ 1 ]
Competitors included Running, The Runner and Running Times, which eventually merged in various forms. Jim Fixx published The Complete Book of Running in 1977, which became a best seller. [36] George Sheehan wrote Running and Being in 1978, a philosophical approach which also became a best seller. [37] Other running authors and writers: Bob Anderson
While the training of middle and long distance runners at the time were dominated by physiological thinking (and later biochemical), Horwill's Five Pace Training Theory used elements of 'style running' of the 1920s and '30s, i.e. he applied motor learning theory to running. In physiological terms, he was convinced that running economy was best ...
Pages in category "Middle-distance running disciplines" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
In running events up to 200 m in distance and in horizontal jump events, wind assistance is permitted only up to 2.0 m/s. In decathlon or heptathlon , average wind assistance of less than 2.0 m/s is required across all applicable disciplines; and maximum of 4.0 m/s in any one event.
Middle-distance running disciplines (6 C, 14 P) R. Middle-distance runners (5 C) S. Steeplechase (athletics) (15 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Middle-distance running"
The most common middle-distance track events are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. [37] The 880 yard run , or half mile, was the forebear of the 800 m distance and it has its roots in competitions in the United Kingdom in the 1830s. [ 38 ]
Middle distance running. 500 m; 600 m; 800 m; 1500 m; 3000 m; Steeplechase; ... Jim Fixx – author of the 1977 best-selling book, The Complete Book of Running. He ...