Routledge Online Studies on the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Volume 1, Issue 38 (2012)

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East African Running: toward a cross-disciplinary perspective

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Introduction
Chapter taken from East African Running: toward a cross-disciplinary perspective ISBN: 978–0–203–09934–6
Craig Sharp & John Bale
Pages: 1-8
Published online: 24 May 2012
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Chapter 1 - Kenyan running before the 1968 Mexico Olympics
Chapter taken from East African Running: toward a cross-disciplinary perspective ISBN: 978–0–203–09934–6
John Bale
Pages: 11-23
Published online: 24 May 2012
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Chapter 2 - The promise and possibilities of running in and out of east Africa
Chapter taken from East African Running: toward a cross-disciplinary perspective ISBN: 978–0–203–09934–6
Grant Jarvie
Pages: 24-39
Published online: 24 May 2012
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Chapter 3 - Raiders from the Rift Valley: Cattle raiding and distance running in east Africa
Chapter taken from East African Running: toward a cross-disciplinary perspective ISBN: 978–0–203–09934–6
John Manners
Pages: 40-50
Published online: 24 May 2012
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Chapter 4 - The Haile Gebrselassie story: A biography of difference
Chapter taken from East African Running: toward a cross-disciplinary perspective ISBN: 978–0–203–09934–6
Jim Denison
Pages: 51-60
Published online: 24 May 2012
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Chapter 5 - Outstanding performance despite low fluid intake: The Kenyan running experience
Chapter taken from East African Running: toward a cross-disciplinary perspective ISBN: 978–0–203–09934–6
Barry W. Fudge, Yannis Pitsiladis, David Kingsmore, Timothy D. Noakes & Bengt Kayser
Pages: 63-84
Published online: 24 May 2012
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Chapter 6 - Energy balance and body composition of elite endurance runners: A hunter-gatherer phenotype
Chapter taken from East African Running: toward a cross-disciplinary perspective ISBN: 978–0–203–09934–6
Barry W. Fudge, Bengt Kayser, Klaas R. Westerterp & Yannis Pitsiladis
Pages: 85-101
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Chapter 7 - Diet and endurance performance of Kenyan runners: A physiological perspective
Chapter taken from East African Running: toward a cross-disciplinary perspective ISBN: 978–0–203–09934–6
Dirk L. Christensen
Pages: 102-117
Published online: 24 May 2012
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Chapter 8 - Dominance of Kenyan Kalenjins in middle- and long-distance running
Chapter taken from East African Running: toward a cross-disciplinary perspective ISBN: 978–0–203–09934–6
Henrik B. Larsen
Pages: 118-133
Published online: 24 May 2012
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Chapter 9 - Understanding the dominance of African endurance runners: Exercise biology and an integrative model
Chapter taken from East African Running: toward a cross-disciplinary perspective ISBN: 978–0–203–09934–6
Kathryn H. Myburgh
Pages: 134-158
Published online: 24 May 2012
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Chapter 10 - Studies of physiological and neuromuscular function of black South African distance runners
Chapter taken from East African Running: toward a cross-disciplinary perspective ISBN: 978–0–203–09934–6
Yolande Harley & Timothy D. Noakes
Pages: 159-198
Published online: 24 May 2012
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Chapter 11 - Erythropoietic indices in elite Kenyan runners training at altitude: Effects of descent to sea level
Chapter taken from East African Running: toward a cross-disciplinary perspective ISBN: 978–0–203–09934–6
Brian Moore, Robin Parisotto, Craig Sharp, Yannis Pitsiladis & Bengt Kayser
Pages: 199-214
Published online: 24 May 2012
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Chapter 12 - Genes and human elite athletic performance
Chapter taken from East African Running: toward a cross-disciplinary perspective ISBN: 978–0–203–09934–6
Daniel G. MacArthur & Kathryn N. North
Pages: 217-233
Published online: 24 May 2012
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Chapter 13 - Genetics and endurance performance
Chapter taken from East African Running: toward a cross-disciplinary perspective ISBN: 978–0–203–09934–6
Helen M. Luery, Kyriacos I. Eleftheriou & Hugh E. Montgomery
Pages: 234-256
Published online: 24 May 2012
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Chapter 14 - Evidence for the ‘natural’ east African athlete
Chapter taken from East African Running: toward a cross-disciplinary perspective ISBN: 978–0–203–09934–6
Robert A. Scott, William H. Goodwin, Bezabeh Wolde, Vincent O. Onywera, Mike K. Boit, William O’Connell & Yannis Pitsiladis
Pages: 257-281
Published online: 24 May 2012
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