A case study of the training of nine times New York Marathon winner Grete Waitz

International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-157

  Tjelta, Leif ^a   Tønnessen, Espen ^b   Enoksen, Eystein ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Olympic Federation   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Expertise Interval Training; Long Distance Running; Periodisation; Training Volume

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893047339     PISSN: 17479541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1747-9541.9.1.139     Document Type: Article

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