Teenage Runner

Bruce Tulloh

Description

"Bruce uses the experience gained over five decades to help young athletes and their coaches understand the special needs of this age group. He is uniquely qualified to offer advice and help." - Alan Storey, Technical Director, UK Athletics"Bruce writes in an easy-to-read style and brings his immense experience to life in an attractive, practical and invaluable guide, for both coaches and athletes." - David Hemery CBE, President, UK Athletics, 1999-2003"Fresh, enjoyable - should be obligatory reading for young runners and their mentors. I cannot recommend it too highly." - Tom McNab, author and British Olympic Coach

Informations

• Publié par: Tulloh Books
• Date de parution: 19 octobre 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780954152147
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 13 Mo

Extrait

The Teenage Runner

by Bruce Tulloh

Contents

Dedication Acknowledgements Preface to the 2004 edition Preface to this edition Foreword Profile - Nick Dorey Why Do We Run? Profile - Clive Tulloh For the Coach Profile - Jerry Barton Starting to Run Profile - Richard Nerurkar Eleven to Thirteen Profile - Ian Manners

Thirteen to Fifteen Profile - Katherine and Jojo Tulloh Fifteen to Seventeen: the distance runner Profile - Matthew O'Dowd Fifteen to Seventeen: the all-round athlete

Profile - Matthew Smith The Sprinter Profile - Christian Nicolson The Middle-Distance Runner Profile - Charles Sykes

The Long-Distance Runner Profile - Daniel Hyde What Makes a Runner? Profile - Amy Stiles Aids to Training Profile - Ed Jackson Running to Win Profile - Your Name Here The Lessons of Experience Other books by Bruce Tulloh Colophon

This book is dedicated to the pupils of

Bulmershe School, Reading, Berkshire Kenyatta College, Nairobi Kent School, Connecticut and Marlborough College, Wiltshire

From all of these I have learned as much as I have taught

Acknowledgements

My thanks are due toKeith Mayhewfor the cover pictures and all pictures within the text except for the personal snapshots above the bi ographies and the following:

Matthew Smith and Daniel Hyde photographed by Mark Shearman Amy Stiles photographed by Mike Nicholson

Preface

to the 2004 edition

The bulk of this book was written in 1982. Since that time, world records have continued to be broken, but the raw material remain s the same. Winning times at under-fifteen level this year were much the same as when my children were running in English Schools championships twenty years ago. The re have, nevertheless, been changes in society and changes in the sport. Runnin g as a leisure activity has expanded and more and more adults are taking part i n running events – fifty thousand in this year’s Great North Run. At the same time we are being bombarded with advice about the dangers of obesity and the need for a hea lthy diet. At school level the situation is equally contradictory. The Government makes a point of encouraging sport in schools, yet the National C urriculum allows very little time for physical activity in the school day. Fortunately there is a simple solution, which is in the hands of those reading this book, both runners and coaches. All it needs is a s imple resolution: “We are going to run!” All over the world, I have seen that where there is an enthusiastic coach, good runners will spring up – sometimes brilliant runners. Running is natural, running is cheap. Running is the basic requirement for most sp orts, and anyone who is fit and energetic will achieve more and get more fun out of life than those who are deprived of exercise. What more do you want? Get out there!

Brnce Tnlloh Marlborough, 2004

Preface

to this edition

2015 is the year of several big anniversaries; apart from having my eightieth birthBay, it is seventy years since I starteB running, sixty yea rs since I won my first senior title ( the Hong Kong AAA 5000m) anB fifty years since I starte B coaching. In that time the running worlB has grown much bigger, equipment has improveB anB worlB recorBs have been transformeB, but the basic material - the human boBy, remains the same. It is still just as harB to run a four-minute mile or a thirty-minute 10k as it ever was. My training aBvice is baseB not just on my experien ce, but on that of the hunBreBs of athletes I have coacheB — anB it works. I have coac heB boys anB girl in ritain, Kenya anB the USA, hunBreBs of club athletes anB joggers in annual training camps anB thousanBs more through the meBium ofRunningmagazine anBRunner’s World. At the highest level I have been privilegeB to work with s ome of the best in the worlB, from 800m to ultra-marathons. The message is simple — if you make the effort, you will reap the rewarBs of increaseB fitness – anB that applies at any age. To commemorate these anniversaries I am bringing ou t five books as ebooks:The Teenage Runner,Serious Running,Running over 40,50,60,70,Four Million Footsteps anBHow to Avoid Dying– a guiBe to a healthy olB age. If you enjoy them, please spreaB the worB.

Brnce Tnlloh May 2015

Foreword

by Alan Storey Tehcnical Director, Endurance Events, UK Athletics

Bruce Tulloh has done most things in athletics. As an athlete he won major championships, ran a sub 4-minute mile on grass and set records of every description including taking 8 days off the record for the 3,00 0 mile run from Los Angeles to New York. As a coach he has helped athletes win medals at mos t events from 800m to the marathon. As an author his titles cover all aspects of our sport. In his latest offering Bruce uses the experience gained over five decades to help young athletes and their coaches understand the special needs of this age group. All three of Bruce’s own children won national titles at school or college l evel and this alone makes Bruce uniquely qualified to offer advice and help. This book does not seek to provide ready-made sched ules to be slavishlyfollowed but explains how programmes can be devised to take account of all aspects of life and training. Thank you Bruce for taking the time to help us all.

NICK DOREY When I started teaching at Marlborough College, Nic k Dorey was an extremely bright fourteen-year-old who put 100% effort into everything he did. In the hot summer of 1976 I remember him running himself into a state of heat exhaustion to set a school under-17 record of 4 mins 6.8 for 1500m. In the same summer he took his A levels, so that when he went to Cambridge a year later he was still only just 18. He became Cambridge No.1 at 1,500m, and ran for Cambridge in Varsity cross-c ountry and athletics matches for all three years, captaining the cross-country team. He then moved to Oxford University and ran in both Varsity matches there After leaving university he went into teaching, and soon found that he could not combine high-level training with a demanding job. However, he continued to run daily finishing 3rd in the AAA Indoor Championships of 1984, and ran in the GB v USA indoor match. His 150 0m PB of 3.43 was set in 1988. Fifteen years down the line, he continues to enjoy running, particularly in the Alps and on the fells of Northern England. He is now the hea dmaster of a school in Kent, married, with two sons.