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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So You Want to be a Sprinter
Bud Winter
The original two versions (1956, 1973) written by Bud Winter famous coach of the San Jose State Spartan track and field teams from 1941 to 1974 , were used to train many Olympic medalists and dozens of world record holders. The new 2010 edition combines the best of both versions, and includes detailed training plans for full time year 'round athletes, and one for multi-sport athletes beginning training in January.
The training plans and techniques illustrated in this book were used by Olympic medal winners and World Record holders, Ray Norton, Bob Poynter, Dennis Johnson, Tommie Smith, John Carlos, Lee Evans, Ronnie Rae Smith, just some of the 37 world record holders coached by Bud Winter. -
Interval Training
Nick Costes
The word interval means repetition in respect to track athletics. Interval training, then, means repetition training, in which specific distances are run over and over again. An interval usually is run at a brisk pace. In order to recover before starting the next interval, a short or long recovery phase is requires. Recovery may be in the form of a slow jog, a walk, or a rest, or a combination of all these. Favorite distances range from 110 yards to one mile, but 440 yards tends to dominate.
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Practical Running Psychology
Joe Henderson
Running is a highly personal sport filled with introspective people. The runner has plenty to think about, and plenty of time to think about it. He's constantly confronted with the struggle between willing spirit and weak flesh, and the mental juggling he goes through has a very real and direct effect on his training and racing results. Because of these facts every runner becomes something of an amateur psychologist. And that's what makes writing a booklet on the psychology of running so difficult. We don't probe the "why I run" question. It's a legitimate one, but falls more in the realm of philosophy. For now the attention is on the running mind and the running personality - those intriguing processes that make a man his own best friend and his own toughest competitor.
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Track & Field, Nebraska Men's and Women's Media Guide.
University of Nebraska Lincoln Track
Includes: track schedules; team and coach profiles; list of past Nebraska coaches; list of Nebraska "honor role" members; profiles of the current-season opponents; statistics for the past Nebraska and Big-Eight meets; and forecasts for the current season.
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Psychological Concepts Applied to Physical Education and Coaching
Reuben Frost
Sports, Recreation, Psychology, Education
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Strength, Power, and Muscular Endurance for Runners and Hurdlers
John Jesse
Specific weight training programs and exercises for runners have long been needed, and this book fills the gap. It covers the basis for strength development, injury prevention, movement characteristics and musculer analysis, various weight training systems, and equipment.
