《The Competitive Edge》书籍简介：

This is a well constructed book with a clear purpose: to inform runners of the mental importance to their running. It first introduces the need for mental conditioning, then systematically works you through the steps. As a high school runner, this book turned my season around and allowed me to unlock a lot of my potential. My team then incorporated a program of mental training to the workouts, and great sucess was achieved. This is a must read for any serious runner, athletic coach, or casual runner interested in learning about the sport.

《The Competitive Edge》作者简介：

Rich Elliott competed at Kansas University from 1968 to 1972, qualifying for the NCAA Division I national meets in both track and cross country. In 1971, he was the Big Eight Conference three-mile champion.

In 1976, Elliott was named Illinois Distance Coach of the Year while working at Willowbrook High School. He moved to Deerfield High School in 1977 and was an assistant coach with the state cross country championship team before becoming the program’s head coach for both cross country and track. Elliott coached at the high-school level for 12 years, producing a pair of All-Americans and several all-state athletes. During this time he also wrote The Competitive Edge: Mental Preparation for Distance Running, a book that Track and Field News magazine called “the best work on the subject” and “a modern classic.”

Elliott then worked for many years in educational publishing as a textbook editor and technology producer. He returned to coaching from 2008 to 2010 to head the men’s and women’s cross country teams at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. He is now a freelance writer and editor.

Elliott lives in Winnetka, Illinois, with his wife and three children.

Rich Elliott 另一本关于跑步的书籍：

Runners on Running - The Best Nonfiction of Distance Running _Richard Elliott_2010
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 《The Competitive Edge》书籍评论：

This book is really targeted for runners who are looking to improve their times. Being over 50 years old my race times are not going to improve much, in fact they are slowly declining. That said, I still found the book to be inspiring. It helped me keep going, think seriously about my distance running and how I approach it, and it was a good read.

The Competitive Edge, written by a former college running star, intends to hammer home the importance of the mental side of distance running training. It lays out very good explanations of why the mental side of running is nearly as important as the physical and what you can do to improve your concentration, overcome anxiety, and develop mental toughness, and it does so through a very readable and easily understandable text. It is slightly dated (the references to and testimonials of running stars of the past and personal no longer carry the same weight they may have in the early 1980s), but it certainly made me realize the importance of preparing myself mentally for races and training. This is not an inspirational book, but certainly a wonderful reference tool for coaches and athletes who hope to get a little more out of themselves.

I found this book shortly after it was published and feel it is among the most insightful resources available addressing the mental aspects of distance racing or as the arthur calls it the "Psychological Challenge in Distance Racing". I would suggest that every serious distance coach and runner would agree that distance racing is a least a 50/50 mental/physical challenge. This text will help you understand what is needed to insure all the hard physical work done in preparation for racing is exhibited on race day.

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