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1、www.readinga-Alberto Salazar:An American RunnerAlberto Salazar:An American RunnerA Reading AZ Level W Leveled BookWord Count:1,745Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.Written by Steven AccardiLEVELED BOOK WWritten by Steven AccardiAlberto Salazar:An American RunnerAlberto Salazar
2、:An American RunnerLevel W Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Steven AccardiAll rights reserved.www.readinga-Photo Credits:Front cover:ZUMA Press,Inc./Alamy;back cover,pages 11,13:AP Images;title page:Carlos Rene Perez/AP Images;pages 3,4,10:Leo Kulinski,Jr.;page 6:photo courtesy of MetroWest News;p
3、age 7:courtesy of University Photographic Collection/Special Collections/University of Oregon Libraries;page 8:Bettmann/Corbis;page 9(top):Stapleton Collection/Corbis;page 9(center):iS Bayram;pages 12(both),15:Steven Sutton/Duomo/Corbis;page 14:Gilbert Iundt/TempSport/Corbis;page 16:PRNewsFoto/Medtr
4、onics Global Heroes/AP Images;page 17:Dan Browne;page 18(left):REUTERS/Gary Hershorn;page 18(right):ZUMA Wire Service/Alamywww.readinga-CorrelationLEVEL WS4040Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRA1920Glossaryabuse (n.)the physical or psychological mistreatment of a living thing (p.15)arduous (adj.)very
5、 hard;requiring continual effort or work(p.4)athletes (n.)people trained in sports,games,or other activities that require strength,speed,and skill(p.18)debut (n.)the first appearance of a performance in public(p.10)dehydrated (adj.)suffering a dangerous lack of water(p.13)depressed (adj.)feeling a s
6、tate of unhappiness and hopelessness(p.14)fatigue (n.)great tiredness or weariness from mental and/or physical activity(p.8)immune system (n.)a collection of cells and organs in the human body that protect against disease-causing germs (p.14)intimidated (adj.)frightened or overwhelmed p.6)miraculous
7、ly (adv.)in a way that seems performed by or involved with a supernatural power (p.17)phenomenon (n.)an observable event or occurrence(p.7)prestigious (adj.)having honor,respect,or high status(p.11)qualifying (adj.)showing a minimum ability in a preliminary contest(p.11)realization (n.)the result of
8、 understanding something clearly(p.15)surrendered (v.)gave up or admitted defeat;submit to the authority of an opponent(p.16)theories (n.)possible explanations(p.15)IndexBenedetti,Don,5,6Dellinger,Bill,7Marathon,Boston,1012 Comrades,17 New York City,4,8,10,13 Olympic,12,14Pheidippides,9Prefontaine,S
9、teve,7Rodgers,Bill,6,10Salazar,Alberto,birthplace,5 college,7,8,10,12,14,17 health,14,15,18 training,6,10,12,1416,18 world record,4,10,13Alberto Salazar:An American Runner Level WWritten by Steven AccardiAlberto Salazar:An American RunnerAlberto Salazar:An American RunnerLevel W Leveled Book Learnin
10、g AZWritten by Steven AccardiAll rights reserved.www.readinga-Photo Credits:Front cover:ZUMA Press,Inc./Alamy;back cover,pages 11,13:AP Images;title page:Carlos Rene Perez/AP Images;pages 3,4,10:Leo Kulinski,Jr.;page 6:photo courtesy of MetroWest News;page 7:courtesy of University Photographic Colle
11、ction/Special Collections/University of Oregon Libraries;page 8:Bettmann/Corbis;page 9(top):Stapleton Collection/Corbis;page 9(center):iS Bayram;pages 12(both),15:Steven Sutton/Duomo/Corbis;page 14:Gilbert Iundt/TempSport/Corbis;page 16:PRNewsFoto/Medtronics Global Heroes/AP Images;page 17:Dan Brown
12、e;page 18(left):REUTERS/Gary Hershorn;page 18(right):ZUMA Wire Service/Alamywww.readinga-CorrelationLEVEL WS4040Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRA1920Glossaryabuse (n.)the physical or psychological mistreatment of a living thing (p.15)arduous (adj.)very hard;requiring continual effort or work(p.4)at
13、hletes (n.)people trained in sports,games,or other activities that require strength,speed,and skill(p.18)debut (n.)the first appearance of a performance in public(p.10)dehydrated (adj.)suffering a dangerous lack of water(p.13)depressed (adj.)feeling a state of unhappiness and hopelessness(p.14)fatig
14、ue (n.)great tiredness or weariness from mental and/or physical activity(p.8)immune system (n.)a collection of cells and organs in the human body that protect against disease-causing germs (p.14)intimidated (adj.)frightened or overwhelmed p.6)miraculously (adv.)in a way that seems performed by or in
15、volved with a supernatural power (p.17)phenomenon (n.)an observable event or occurrence(p.7)prestigious (adj.)having honor,respect,or high status(p.11)qualifying (adj.)showing a minimum ability in a preliminary contest(p.11)realization (n.)the result of understanding something clearly(p.15)surrender
16、ed (v.)gave up or admitted defeat;submit to the authority of an opponent(p.16)theories (n.)possible explanations(p.15)IndexBenedetti,Don,5,6Dellinger,Bill,7Marathon,Boston,1012 Comrades,17 New York City,4,8,10,13 Olympic,12,14Pheidippides,9Prefontaine,Steve,7Rodgers,Bill,6,10Salazar,Alberto,birthpla
17、ce,5 college,7,8,10,12,14,17 health,14,15,18 training,6,10,12,1416,18 world record,4,10,13Alberto Salazar:An American Runner Level W1718Not FinishedHe began running again.He chose to train for a new distancethe ultra-marathon.He hoped for success similar to what he experienced just after college wit
18、h winning his first four marathons,a distance he had never run before.Miraculously,he got back in shape and in 1994 announced that he would run the Comrades Marathon,a 56-mile test of endurance through South Africa.Again sports reporters wrote him off,just like they did when Alberto announced the ti
19、me he would secure when running his first marathon fresh out of college.And just like before,he was victorious.Now Alberto was ready for other new challenges.Alberto lives in Oregon with his wife and three children.Hes spent the past several years training kids and young athletes for Nike,using a mo
20、re balanced style developed from his experiences over the years.He suffered a heart attack while walking with some of those young athletes,but recovered fully thanks to the quick actions of several individuals.A family history of heart disease is something even a healthy runner cannot escape.Alberto
21、 has agreed to continue training the five athletes under his guidance,but no others.Many of the runners who have followed his training advice have been highly successful.Most of them run the mile very quicklywell under five minutes.Alberto coached Adam Goucher,left,and Galen Rupp,right.Alberto,right
22、,coached Dan Brown,who ran the marathon for the 2004 U.S.Olympic team.Alberto Salazar:An American Runner Level W34Table of ContentsQuick Start.4First Steps.8Boston:A Turning Point.11New Challenges.14Not Finished.17Glossary.19Index.20Quick StartHave you ever run the mile in gym class?If you havent ye
23、t,you soon will.The mile is a difficult distance to run.Its long and arduous.So,unlike dashes,you cannot run at full speed(sprint)the entire way.But what if you could?What if you could sprint the mile without getting tired?How fast do you think you could run it.in nine,eight,or seven minutes?How abo
24、ut five?Alberto Salazar could.He could not only easily run a mile in five minutes,but he could also run 26 five-minute miles,all in a row,without stopping.Actually,when he won the New York City Marathon in 1981,he ran even faster than that.He finished the 26.2-mile course in two hours,eight minutes,
25、and thirteen secondsyou do the math.It was a new world record for the time.How did he run so fast for so long?It wasnt easyand it came with consequences.Alberto Salazar,right,runs in the New York City Marathon.Alberto Salazar runs his marathon debut in 1980.Alberto Salazar:An American Runner Level W
26、34Table of ContentsQuick Start.4First Steps.8Boston:A Turning Point.11New Challenges.14Not Finished.17Glossary.19Index.20Quick StartHave you ever run the mile in gym class?If you havent yet,you soon will.The mile is a difficult distance to run.Its long and arduous.So,unlike dashes,you cannot run at
27、full speed(sprint)the entire way.But what if you could?What if you could sprint the mile without getting tired?How fast do you think you could run it.in nine,eight,or seven minutes?How about five?Alberto Salazar could.He could not only easily run a mile in five minutes,but he could also run 26 five-
28、minute miles,all in a row,without stopping.Actually,when he won the New York City Marathon in 1981,he ran even faster than that.He finished the 26.2-mile course in two hours,eight minutes,and thirteen secondsyou do the math.It was a new world record for the time.How did he run so fast for so long?It
29、 wasnt easyand it came with consequences.Alberto Salazar,right,runs in the New York City Marathon.Alberto Salazar runs his marathon debut in 1980.Alberto Salazar:An American Runner Level W1718Not FinishedHe began running again.He chose to train for a new distancethe ultra-marathon.He hoped for succe
30、ss similar to what he experienced just after college with winning his first four marathons,a distance he had never run before.Miraculously,he got back in shape and in 1994 announced that he would run the Comrades Marathon,a 56-mile test of endurance through South Africa.Again sports reporters wrote
31、him off,just like they did when Alberto announced the time he would secure when running his first marathon fresh out of college.And just like before,he was victorious.Now Alberto was ready for other new challenges.Alberto lives in Oregon with his wife and three children.Hes spent the past several ye
32、ars training kids and young athletes for Nike,using a more balanced style developed from his experiences over the years.He suffered a heart attack while walking with some of those young athletes,but recovered fully thanks to the quick actions of several individuals.A family history of heart disease
33、is something even a healthy runner cannot escape.Alberto has agreed to continue training the five athletes under his guidance,but no others.Many of the runners who have followed his training advice have been highly successful.Most of them run the mile very quicklywell under five minutes.Alberto coac
34、hed Adam Goucher,left,and Galen Rupp,right.Alberto,right,coached Dan Brown,who ran the marathon for the 2004 U.S.Olympic team.Alberto Salazar:An American Runner Level W1516For the next several years,Alberto struggledphysically,mentally,and emotionally.What pulled him slowly out of depression was an
35、important realization:he needed to listen to his body.For so long,his body had responded positively to the amount of abuse it suffered from his training routine,and after achieving so many feats from that training stylesuccesses that no one else in the world had achieved beforea feeling that his bod
36、y was invincible had seeped into his mind.It was only a matter of time before his body broke down,but having pushed it for so long left him deaf to his bodys signs(illness)and screams(injuries)for rest.Thus,when it finally shut down in order to heal and recover from the pounding it had endured,Alber
37、to realized the grim consequences of his more-must-be-better training theories.Alberto surrendered and gave his body a well-deserved rest.His recovery was very slow but steady,and eventually his legs came back.He considered running again,but hesitated.He wanted to succeed in whatever race he chose t
38、o run,yet he didnt want to rely on his old training style.He decided to trust his new point of view on running:to create a relationship with his body so that it would respond when he listened to it and not when he abused it.Alberto pushed his body harder than ever to win the 1982 Boston Marathon.In
39、2008,Alberto ran in his first race after having a heart attack.Alberto Salazar:An American Runner Level W56Two years after being born in Havana,Cuba,in 1958,Alberto moved with his family to the United States.First they lived in Miami,Florida;shortly thereafter they moved to Manchester,Connecticut;an
40、d finally,nine years later,they moved to Wayland,Massachusetts.It was there,in the small town outside of Boston,that Alberto met Don Benedetti,the cross-country and track coach of Wayland High School.As a kid,Alberto would run with(and attempt to keep up with)his older brothers.But it was Coach Bene
41、detti who inspired Alberto to work hard and transform his natural talent into something special.Alberto quickly became the fastest runner in the schooland the state.In fact,he became so fast that Coach Benedetti allowed him to train with the Greater Boston Track Cluban elite distance-running group t
42、hat boasted some of the swiftest runners in the country,including Bill Rodgers,who was soon to become the worlds best marathoner.Even though Alberto was only 17 years old,by far the youngest on the team and nicknamed“The Rookie,”he never was intimidated.He welcomed the challenge and gave it his all,
43、just like he did when chasing his brothers,and it paid off.By the time he graduated high school,Alberto could run two miles in under nine minutesless than four minutes and thirty seconds a mile.Math MinuteOn average,how fast(in minutes)did Alberto Salazar run each mile of the New York City Marathon
44、in 1981?He ran the 26.2-mile course in 2 hours,8 minutes,and 13 seconds.Hint:Convert all the time to seconds and divide.Then convert the answer to minutes.Alberto in high schoolUNITED STATESMiami,FloridaHavana,CubaWayland,MassachusettsManchester,ConnecticutATLANTIC OCEANNAlberto Salazar:An American
45、Runner Level W56Two years after being born in Havana,Cuba,in 1958,Alberto moved with his family to the United States.First they lived in Miami,Florida;shortly thereafter they moved to Manchester,Connecticut;and finally,nine years later,they moved to Wayland,Massachusetts.It was there,in the small to
46、wn outside of Boston,that Alberto met Don Benedetti,the cross-country and track coach of Wayland High School.As a kid,Alberto would run with(and attempt to keep up with)his older brothers.But it was Coach Benedetti who inspired Alberto to work hard and transform his natural talent into something spe
47、cial.Alberto quickly became the fastest runner in the schooland the state.In fact,he became so fast that Coach Benedetti allowed him to train with the Greater Boston Track Cluban elite distance-running group that boasted some of the swiftest runners in the country,including Bill Rodgers,who was soon
48、 to become the worlds best marathoner.Even though Alberto was only 17 years old,by far the youngest on the team and nicknamed“The Rookie,”he never was intimidated.He welcomed the challenge and gave it his all,just like he did when chasing his brothers,and it paid off.By the time he graduated high sc
49、hool,Alberto could run two miles in under nine minutesless than four minutes and thirty seconds a mile.Math MinuteOn average,how fast(in minutes)did Alberto Salazar run each mile of the New York City Marathon in 1981?He ran the 26.2-mile course in 2 hours,8 minutes,and 13 seconds.Hint:Convert all th
50、e time to seconds and divide.Then convert the answer to minutes.Alberto in high schoolUNITED STATESMiami,FloridaHavana,CubaWayland,MassachusettsManchester,ConnecticutATLANTIC OCEANNAlberto Salazar:An American Runner Level W1516For the next several years,Alberto struggledphysically,mentally,and emoti