Bob Bartling and several like-minded people founded the Prairie Striders Running Club in 1969 to promote running, fellowship, and health. Bob began collecting books and magazines related to running and track and field, and by 1978, the Prairie Striders Running Club Library was established. It includes 636 volumes of books, about 5,000 periodicals and newsletters, and has the results of 16 annual races. The collection is so complete that even the editors of Runner’s World contact Bob for articles.
The Prairie Striders Library was housed in the basement of Bartling’s store for many years. The library moved to another location in downtown Brookings before finding a permanent home in the H.M. Briggs Library in June 2015. It is currently housed in the compact shelving on the lower level of the library.
This Book Gallery highlights the collection housed at the H.M. Briggs Library
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A Shining Season
William Buchanan
"This is not your usual account of a young man's death of cancer, but a lively and exceptional story of John Baker's determination to leave students with newfound skills and self-confidence. . . . a remarkable, uplifting story of hope and determination which shouldn't be missed."--Bookwatch
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Beginner's Running Guide
Hal Higdon
Hal Higdon’s Beginning Runner’s Guide is a compact booklet (32 pages in its print edition) that tells you all you need to know about starting to run. Everything from what clothes to wear to what steps to take to how to enter your first 5-K. Beginning Runner’s Guide will not tell you how to train for a marathon, but if you follow its simple instructions, it will get you to the point where you can at least consider that idea.
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Dr. George Sheehan's Medical Advice for Runners
George Sheehan
Here, Dr. Sheehan combines years of advice given to tens of thousands of runners. The book answers hundreds of questions on concerns nearest to the hearts and minds of people seeking not simply health, but maximum performance capacity.
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Running and Being: The Total Experience
George Sheehan
Written by the late, beloved Dr. George Sheehan, Running & Being tells of the author's midlife return to the world of exercise, play, and competition, in which he found "a world beyond sweat" that proved to be a source of great revelation and personal growth. But Running & Being focuses more on life than it does, specifically, on running. It provides an outline for a lifetime program of fitness and joy, showing how the body helps determine our mental and spiritual energies.
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Running the Lydiard Way
Arthur Lydiard
Arthur Lydiard, the famed Olympic running coach, pioneered a training system involving a base of long-duration, even-paced running with strong speed. The achievements of New Zealand athletes Peter Snell, Murray Halberg, and Barry Magee at the 1960 Rome Olympics confirmed the success of Lydiard's training program. This, his first book in over 15 years, offers information on exercise physiology, diet, injury prevention and cure, jogging, and extensive training schedules for running events, keyed to men and women in specific age-groups.
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Serious Runner's Handbook: Answers to Hundreds of your Running Questions
Tom Osler
Serious runner's handbook: Answers to hundreds of your running questions
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The Biomechanics of Sports Techniques
James Hay
Recognized both nationally and internationally as the leading reference guide in the field, this volume provides a scientific basis for analyzing the various sports techniques used in baseball, basketball, football, golf, gymnastics, softball, swimming, and track and field's running, jumping, and throwing. KEY TOPICS: The book explains how these techniques are used by first considering the basic factors involved in the performance of each technique, then discusses the current controversies and latest research findings surrounding each technique ... includes revised coverage of track and field -- the sport in which the most important research advances have been made ... discusses basic biomechanical concepts in order, from simple to complex, with each new concept building upon the last ... covers often overlooked aspects such as impulse, mechanical energy, lift and drag, and the segmentation method of locating the center of gravity of an athlete ... provides coverage of forms of motion, linear and angular kinematics, linear and angular kinetics, and fluid mechanics ... plus, contains new and revised illustrations throughout. Ideal for sports trainers, therapists, and anyone involved in biomechanics.
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The Complete Marathoner
Joe Henderson
This is 'The Book' for marathon enthusiasts. It describes the meaning and myths of the marathons, different phases of training, benefits and racing and much more.
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The Complete Woman Runner
Runner's World
pt. 1 : The journey : starting out and persevering. Training to run -- Beyond jogging -- Coaching for women -- Being your own coach -- Dealing with the family -- Dressing, coping and racing -- Safety for women runners ; pt. 2 : The vehicle : body and mind of the woman runner. Inner workings -- The incredible machine -- Limits of performance -- Injury prevention -- Psychology of competition ; pt. 3 : The destination : the rough roads behind us. History of women’s running -- Politics behind the movement -- Breakers of barriers -- All the miles of my life ; pt. 4 : Profiles : fifty American women runners. Profile of a typical woman runner -- Fifty runners -- Appendix : Women’s marathon records.
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The Female Athlete : a Coach's Guide to Conditioning and Training
Carl Klafs
Contents: Part One: Historical background -- History and current trends -- Part Two: Anthropometric and physiological factors in sports performance -- Anthropometric characteristics -- Physiological capabilities -- Part Three: Physical conditioning -- Evaluation of the athlete -- Principles of conditioning -- Designing the conditioningprogram -- The conditioning program in action -- Part Four: Sports training -- Anthropometric factors in injury -- Incidence type, and cause of injury -- Prevention, evaluation and care of injuries -- Bandaging and strapping -- Emergency medical care -- Returning to competition -- Nutrition and athletic performance -- Ergogenic aids - facts and fallacies.
