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Edited by Jens Bangsbo and Henrik B Larsen. Published by Institute of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2001, A$47.95 + GST, pp 17, softcover. ISBN 8716123492
This is the spiritual successor to the excellent volume on the marathon published by the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (volume 301) in 1977. It is a series of articles based on presentations at the Second European Congress of Sport and Exercise Science held in Copenhagen in 1997. There were 800 delegates and some 400 papers presented by 100 different speakers. The book is one of a series, and other volumes have appeared on soccer and sailing.
There are seven chapters, including topics such as exercise physiology, running economy, prevention …