Shoelaces, jelly sandwiches, and carbo boosts : the runner's "secret weapons", 2002.

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Shoelaces, jelly sandwiches, and carbo boosts : the runner's "secret weapons", 2002.

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Examines rituals and strategies runners use to help them perform at their best. Defines runners as a folk group who share a common goal-oriented mentality. Mentions strategies such as running in groups, and eating pasta and other carbohydrates the night before a race. Discusses the unity between running teams and groups. Describes some of the unique rituals individuals have, including eating specific foods before a race, wearing a certain article of clothing for every race, listening to a particular kind of music before a race, etc. Jackson explains that these superstitious rituals give runners confidence.

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Harold B. Lee Library

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Jackson, Jami, 1979-

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Jackson was born in Ogden, Utah, and lived in Fiji, Poughkeepsie, New York, and Orem, Utah with her family. She ran on the cross-country and track teams in high school. Jackson was training for a marathon at the time of submitting this project. She was an English major at Brigham Young University. From the description of Shoelaces, jelly sandwiches, and carbo boosts : the runner's "secret weapons", 2002. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367646825 ...

Brigham Young University.

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Plans for the David O. McKay building began in 1952 after an evaluation by the Brigham Young University College of Education concluded that the existing building for the College of Education were no longer meeting the growing needs of the program. Plans were officially announced in February of 1954 with the completion deadline being set for December of the same year. The building was officially dedicated on December 14, 1954 by President and Sister McKay along with members of the First Presidenc...