Sometimes controversial, but a well learned man. Enjoyed talking with him. I have these three inscribed.
Anderson, Owen. Lactate Lift-Off: Break Through to Higher Fitness and Performance. SSS Publishing, 1998.
---. Running Science: The Ultimate Nexus of Knowledge and Performance. Human Kinetics, 2013.
---. Running Form: How to Run Faster and Prevent Injury. Human Kinetics, 2018.
I enjoyed spending time with him at his running camp at Pepperdine. I still refer to lactate liftoff periodically. He was a very knowledgeable, generous, and interesting man.
I loved his newsletter! As a runner who relished racing but was less enthused about training his newsletter always seemed to have a much needed article describing yet another super efficient training scheme.
His Running Research News newsletter was very influential in educating my early years as a fledgling coach. I distinctly remember his article on the research of tapering, "The Carolina Taper" from the early 90's. Also his column in RW, I think called Fast Lane? This was when RW was a credible source - and one of the few - of training information. RIP
Sometimes controversial, but a well learned man. Enjoyed talking with him. I have these three inscribed.
Anderson, Owen. Lactate Lift-Off: Break Through to Higher Fitness and Performance. SSS Publishing, 1998.
---. Running Science: The Ultimate Nexus of Knowledge and Performance. Human Kinetics, 2013.
---. Running Form: How to Run Faster and Prevent Injury. Human Kinetics, 2018.
Wow pancreatic cancer is a rough way to go. A good friend of mine suffered from it and died in early 2020. The whole COVID pandemic started a few weeks later. He was in a lot of pain for months prior. My condolences to his family and loved ones.
I, too, found his work useful, both on how to train to race successfully, and also on mental approaches. He wrote an article on VAK (visual, auditory, kinesthetic) visualization around 2010-2011 that I used to great effect. RIP.
Sometimes controversial, but a well learned man. Enjoyed talking with him. I have these three inscribed.
Anderson, Owen. Lactate Lift-Off: Break Through to Higher Fitness and Performance. SSS Publishing, 1998.
---. Running Science: The Ultimate Nexus of Knowledge and Performance. Human Kinetics, 2013.
---. Running Form: How to Run Faster and Prevent Injury. Human Kinetics, 2018.
I enjoyed spending time with him at his running camp at Pepperdine. I still refer to lactate liftoff periodically. He was a very knowledgeable, generous, and interesting man.
The Pepperdine camp in the summer of 2001 was a blast! He had Veronique Billat there and she explained CV pace in a way that really clicked for me. RIP.
I enjoyed spending time with him at his running camp at Pepperdine. I still refer to lactate liftoff periodically. He was a very knowledgeable, generous, and interesting man.
The Pepperdine camp in the summer of 2001 was a blast! He had Veronique Billat there and she explained CV pace in a way that really clicked for me. RIP.
The Pepperdine camp in the summer of 2001 was a blast! He had Veronique Billat there and she explained CV pace in a way that really clicked for me. RIP.
I too was there getting my finger pricked.
Did you have any luck getting it the other way around?
I loved RRN. I still follow (and dispense) his advice from the research that was done from one of the issues regarding taking fuel during a marathon. That two times today when I had the, "I didn't realize they were still alive" moments. The other was Sandra Day O'Connor...
I was an avid follower of Owen's newsletters and his books. I found him a wonderful person (via e-mail conversations) and an important and valued contributor to our society and athletic science. He did a lot to spread valuable information and research in the field. Obviously I am late in finding out about his death. I have missed his published presence and resource. On a practical note does any one have a copy of his book Workouts for Popular Races (title is probably not accurate)?=
Very strange people on this site. How do you downvote people speaking well about a dude that just died? Was he a horrible person? Some of you are truly incredible and not in a good way. RIP Owen Anderson.
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