Road running - sport and recreational activity

Cilj ovog rada je obraditi cestovno trčanje kao sport i rekreacijsku aktivnost, odnosno prikazati težišno proces modeliranja sportske pripreme rekreativnih cestovnih trkača kao i strukturne elemente trčanja te one najvažnije psihofizičke pretpostavke i aspekte koji utječu na trkačku izvedbu i željeni sportski rezultat. Sažeto su prikazani struktura i osnovni elementi potrebni za kreiranje plana i programa treninga rekreativnih cestovnih trkača te su opisani psihofizički zahtjevi cestovnog trčanja. U radu su opisane i aktivnosti koje prethode kreiranju plana i programa treninga, a uključuju zdravstveni probir potencijalnih sudionika provedbe trenažnog procesa te dijagnostički postupak sposobnosti i osobina koje su najvažnije i dominantne u navedenoj sportskoj aktivnosti. Uz stručno izrađen i nadziran plan i program treninga te adekvatnu prevenciju ozljeda, odgovarajuću prehranu i potrebnu razinu motivacije, cestovni trkači će zasigurno ostvariti željena natjecateljska dostignuća.The aim of this paper is to deal with road running as a sport and recreational activity, ie to show the process of modeling sports preparation of recreational road runners as well as structural elements of running and the most important psychophysical assumptions and aspects that affect running performance and desired sports result. The structure and basic elements necessary for creating the plan and program for recreational road runners are summarized and the psychophysical requirements of road running are described. The paper also describes the activities that precede the creation of the training plan and program, and include medical screening of potential participants in the implementation of the training process and the diagnostic procedure of abilities and characteristics that are most important and dominant in this sport. With a professionally developed and supervised training plan and program, as well as adequate injury prevention, proper nutrition and the necessary level of motivation, road runners will certainly achieve the desired competitive achievements