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Hansons Marathon Method: A Renegade Path to Your Fastest Marathon
Keith Hanson, Kevin Hanson, Luke Humphrey
Since I don't read much exercise physiology, I give this a thumbs-up, in no small part because I've done a bunch of shitty marathons and at this point I'll try anything. Humphrey and the Hansons cover everything and a lot of the final few chapters (nutrition, clothing, shoes) point toward new marathoners. Lots of other stuff proves relevant to veteran runners as well. I'll read this again when my next training cycle draws nearer.
Far more than a look into a recently eliminated aspect of European football, this book lends some strong insight into crowd psychology vis a vis the rampant violence in the English Premier League of the 1980s. That's what I found most unsettling – an American living in England goes undercover among football fans to figure out why they see fit to brawl amid their matches and finds himself getting pulled in. Buford skips over the historical significance of some of the rivalries that might have led to the violence, but these hooligans didn't need any excuse to fight. They just did. And Buford got as close to the bottom of it as anyone could have hoped.
