Reflections on the Art and Science of Running
Beautifully analytic and poetically insightful, 'The Elements of Effort' is a fascinating look at the most basic of all sports - running. It is a powerful book that lays out the fundamentals, examines conventional wisdom, and takes a fairly contrarian view of fads and fashions, reducing running to its elemental nature.
Jerome contemplates such disparate subjects as stretching, breathing, eating, training, racing, energy , biochemistry, seasons of the year, heat and cold, work and play, aging, physics, ligaments, psychology, neurology and sweat. His lively, straightforward language and his keen vision will show runners the deep structure of their passion - the infinite complexities in the simplest act, and the many varieties of pure joy in running. An indispensable book for all runners, beginner to Olympian.
