Running Wild: An Extraordinary Adventure of the Human Spirit
Author: John Annerino
In this story of rare triumph, John Annerino chronicles his progress from injury to recovery to victory. Badly hurt in a climbing accident and told he would never run again, the author defied his doctors and his own overwhelming pain to run the length of the Grand Canyon three times, rediscovering Native American trade routes lost to modern knowledge. An incredible journey and spiritual quest to the limits of physical and mental endurance, Running Wild takes you there and leaves you breathless.
Kirkus Reviews
A runner's chronicle of adventures in the Grand Canyon and other desert locales. Annerino, the author of several books about the Southwest, recounts his years of recovery from a mid-1970s climbing accident, after which doctors doubted he would walk freely again. His recovery and þspiritual and mental renewalþ came from running, first short distances, then, inspired by tales of southwestern Indian runners who covered a hundred miles in a single day, longer and longer stretches of ground. Eventually he was able to cross such places as the Gran Desierto of northwestern Mexico, þthe largest sand sea in North America,þ and even to run a complicated and dangerous 250-mile-long course along the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. On a technical level, his memoir will be of interest to runners planning large-scale adventures of their own; Annerino excels at detailing the logistical difficulties of maintaining communication and establishing points of resupply, and he writes tellingly of the less tangible difficulties, among them loneliness, fear, cold, and, of course, heat. (The appendix, which describes a series of difficult desert runs, is especially useful.) His book will also be of interest to those working to overcome injury, as the author has so successfully done. Annerino is least successful when he strives to be poetic (þMy feet continue padding softly across the desert floor, sending up powdery wisps of dust with each footfall. I suck wind in, I blow air outþ). He also refers rather too often, and rather too bathetically, to a failed marriage, the unhappy details of which we did not need to know. Of small interest outside the sports and adventure-travelmarket, this is a generally well-written and even inspirational vade mecum.
Book review: Finanzbuchführung: Der Einfluss auf Entscheidungsträger
Risk Management for Health/Fitness Professionals: Legal Issues and Strategies
Author: JoAnn M Eickhoff Shemek
Risk Management for Health/Fitness Professionals addresses legal issues in health and fitness arena. This book will provide basic knowledge of the law applicable to the health/fitness field and specific risk management strategies that health/fitness professionals can implement to minimize legal liability. It offers health/fitness students and professionals a greater understanding of legal issues such as pre-activity screening, emergency procedures, instruction, supervision, and exercise equipment issues. The book will take a practical approach using cases to illustrate legal concepts.
Table of Contents:
Pt. I Introduction 1
Ch. 1 Introduction to Risk Management 3
Ch. 2 Introduction to the Law and Legal System 22
Ch. 3 Determination of Duty in Negligence Claims and Lawsuits 43
Ch. 4 Defenses to Negligence Claims and Lawsuits: Assumption of Risk and Waivers 63
Pt. II Assessment of Major Liability Exposures and Development of Risk Management Strategies 111
Ch. 5 Employment Issues 113
Ch. 6 The Pre-Activity Health Screening Process 147
Ch. 7 Health/Fitness Assessment and Prescription 189
Ch. 8 Instruction and Supervision 217
Ch. 9 Exercise Equipment 245
Ch. 10 Facility Risks 280
Ch. 11 Medical Emergency Action Plans 310
Pt. III Final Risk Management Steps, Selected Topics, and Conclusion 349
Ch. 12 Implementation and Evaluation of the Risk Management Plan 351
Ch. 13 Selected Topics 366
Ch. 14 Conclusion 381
Glossary 387
Case Index 393
Index 397
