Kevin Prendergast is an engineer and mathematician by profession, and he is an accredited Level 3 coach with the Australian Track and Field Coaches Association. His special interest is the application of scientific principles to running, and he has been published often in New Studies in Athletics and Modern Athlete and Coach. Two of his works are in the fourth edition of the book Middle Distances, published by Tafnews Press.

He was one of the most successful middle distance coaches in Australia during the 1990s. His squad has included athletes from interclub to international standard. The most prominent is Brendan Hanigan (1:45.03) , the third fastest Australian ever over 800m at the time of printing, who finished fifth in the 1994 Commonwealth Games and fourth in the 1994 World Cup.

This comprehensive e-book (of 169 A4 pages + pictures) is an attempt to provide an intelligent approach to middle distance running, in which everything is reasoned, and based on scientific concepts, evidence and logic. It looks at the evidence to decide what middle distance running is and what characterises it, determines the attributes required, and deduces a training regime that will develop those attributes.

I have particularly enjoyed the sections on the enjoyed thd chapters on history of the events and the analysis and comparisons made by the author.

More information is at www.oztrack.com/fundamd.htm

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