Luis Miguel Landa (born 18 Juny 1942 in Valladolid, Spain) is a Spanish athlete and coach. As a coach, he has held positions in the Spanish Ski and Athletics Federations. He has also coached Olympic and international athletes, with many of his athletes becoming Spanish national champions.[citation needed] In 1999, Spanish journalist José María García said he is the "father of modern Spanish Marathon".[citation needed]

Personal life edit

In 2007 he married Liu Dong (Chinese World Champion 1500 m)[1]

Publications edit

  • "Cross Country Skiing Training Systems 1" (1972)
  • "Functional Anatomy of Cross Country Skiing" (1972)
  • "Sense of balance training" (1974)
  • "Cross Country Skiing Coach and Trainer Notes" (1977)
  • "Cross Country Skiing Training Systems 2" (1982)
  • "Training plans" (1986)
  • "The Marathon" (1993)
  • "Book of Races" (1998)
  • "Endurance runner training. Middle and Long Distance" (2005)
  • "Long distance training for women[2]" (2014)
  • Editorial Council Member of the Magazine "Atletismo Español".

References edit

  1. ^ Arribas, Carlos (2008-08-03). "Entrevista | La mejor firma de la amistad hispano-china". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  2. ^ Landa, Luis Miguel; Liu, Dong (2014-02-18). Entrenamiento de fondo para mujeres: Aprende a correr bien con la campeona del mundo de 1.500 m. Barcelona: Libros Cúpula. ISBN 9788448018801.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160818150510/http://www.luismiguellanda.com/ https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/iaaf-cross-country-and-road-running-committee http://www.rfea.es/noticias/Landa.pdf

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