Win 1 of 4 copies of “Running: through the looking glass” by Dick Telford

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Thanks to Professor Dick Telford we are giving away 4 copies of his book “Running: through the looking glass”, RRP $39.95.

Celebrated international running coach and sports scientist Dick Telford has launched a first-of-its-kind running compendium. The title, RUNNING: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, is the book that will make you WANT to run.

The book will introduce readers to tried and tested running methodology through Dick’s own experiences gathered from four decades of learning on the track, on the road and in the lab. This includes studies on elite athletes carried out at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), both published and unpublished. Also included are the findings from over 10 years of medical science research with the LOOK program, demonstrating the proven relationship between physical activity, physical education and academic performance of children during primary school; including improved NAPLAN numeracy and literacy scores.

The book comprises 25 chapters that cover everything from running training fundamentals to race tactics and running in different conditions, fatigue, to food and supplements, and running for children. Dick shapes each chapter by sharing previously untold stories of the athletes and coaches he has coached, consulted to, or simply learnt from, and each story carries its own unique message. Among the characters in these stories are former world record holders and Olympic milers John Landy, Roger Bannister and Herb Elliott; coaches of the golden era of Australian and New Zealand distance running Percy Cerutty, Franz Stampfl and Arthur Lydiard; champion marathon runners Alberto Salazar, Robert de Castella and Lisa Martin (Ondieki), and two of his current charges, Commonwealth Games medallists Michael Shelley and Lisa Weightman.

RUNNING: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS is now available through Echo Books.

Author information
Dick Telford’s running coaching career has seen him produce Australia’s only marathon medallist in Olympic history and more Commonwealth Games medallists than any other athletics coach of the last 50 years. He was made a member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his contributions to sport and sport science (1992), inducted into the Australian Sporting Hall of Fame (2014), voted Australian Athletics Coach of the Year (2014), made a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (1990) and Fellow of Sports Medicine Australia (1988).

Competition details:

Prize: 4 copies of “Running: through the looking glass” by Dick Telford, RRP $39.95.
Who can enter? Australian residents, Members only
How often? Once a day
Promotion starts: 21/10/2016
Promotion ends: 04/11/2016

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The Promoter is Virtual Medical Centre.com of Level 2, 541 Hay Street, Subiaco, Western Australia 6008. Postal address is PO Box 531, Subiaco WA 6904 , Australia. ABN 12097593587. Phone: +61 (08) 9388 0344. Fax: +61 (08) 9388 0611. The prize is sponsored by Professor Dick Telford, Research Institute for Sport and Exercise, Building 29, University of Canberra, University Drive, Bruce, ACT 2617, Contact Number: (02) 6206 8312.
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