Florida-based exercise scientist and distance-running coach Benson has run competitively for 40-plus years and coached professionally for 46 years for military, club, university and high school teams. He joins forces with exercise physiologist Connolly (U. of Vermont) to create a guide on interpreting and applying heart rate data in individualized, practical, science-based training programs for athletes of every sport, level, and age. Opening chapters provide the relevant background and basic exercise science needed to understand training and the use of heart monitoring as a training tool, and discuss the various adaptation stages an athlete can expect to go through during a training program. The latter half of the book provides a selection of programs for specific sports--walking, jogging, running, cycling, triathlon, swimming, rowing, cross-country skiing--and the use of heart rate in training team sport athletes. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)