The Infinite Runner - Hardcover

Merrill, Ray M.; Rodgers, Bill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1036405362 ISBN 13: 9781036405366

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

Consistent running can positively influence our mental and physical health, extend life and the quality of it, and contribute to a "good life." This book relates running to specific dimensions of well-being that support a good life. It further talks about nutrition and sleep requirements for runners, changes in our running ability with age, how running contributes to brain health, and that some important life skills can be learned through running. Many of the central ideas presented in this book are developed with the life experiences of one of the greatest distance runners in our modern time, Willian Henry ("Bill") Rodgers.

About this title

About the Author

Ray M. Merrill, PhD, MPH, is a Professor of Public Health at Brigham Young University, USA. He is a former Cancer Prevention Fellow at the National Cancer Institute, USA, and senior scientist at the International Agency for Research on Cancer, USA. He has won various awards for his research and is a Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology and of the American Academy of Health Behavior. He is the author of more than 300 peer-reviewed research papers and 12 textbooks.Bill Rodgers, BA, MA, was an indomitable force as a runner in road-racing during the 1970s and 1980s. He is best known for as a four-time winner of both the Boston Marathon and the New York Marathon. He set several American records (some of which still stand) and ranked as the top marathoner in the world three times. He is an Olympian and remains an active runner at the age of 76.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1036405362
• ISBN 13: 9781036405366
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 168