Run Faster from the 5K to the Marathon: How to Be Your Own Best Coach

by Brad Hudson, Matt Fitzgerald

Overview

Learn how to run faster, unlock your potential, and reach peak performance with training advice from a former Olympic trials marathoner and coach to Olympians like Dathan Ritzenhein.

Hudson is the most innovative running coach to come along in a generation. Until now, only a handful of elite athletes have been able to benefit from his methods. Now Run Faster from the 5K to the Marathon shows all runners how to coach themselves as confidently and effectively as Brad coaches his world-class athletes. Becoming your own best coach is the ticket to running faster at any distance. 

First you will learn to assess your abilities. Then you’ll learn how to devise a training program specifically geared to you. Filled with easy-to-follow sample training programs for distances ranging from the 5K to the marathon and abilities ranging from novice to advanced, Run Faster is the cutting-edge guide for optimal performance.

With Hudson’s guidance, you can train smarter and more effectively—and avoid injury. And you’ll soon be running faster than you ever thought possible!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780767928229
Publisher:	Crown Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/29/2008
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	499,391
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Brad Hudson is the founder and coach of the Performance Training Group, a team of elite runners. He lives in Eugene, Oregon.

Matt Fitzgerald has written many training guides for triathletes. He is a senior editor for Triathlete magazine and lives in San Diego, California.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     vii
Foreword     ix
Introduction: Every Runner Needs (to Be) a Coach     1
Adaptive Running     10
Adaptive Running Methods     26
Aerobic-Support Training     49
Muscle Training     75
Specific-Endurance Training     99
Self-Assessment     118
Creating a Training Plan     140
Training Execution     168
Improving from Year to Year     186
The Self-Coaching Journey     204
Adaptive Running for Youth and Masters Runners     211
Adaptive Training Plans     234
Index     273

Editorial Reviews

"Working with Brad for the past three years has helped me get much stronger, allowing me to make it to the next level. Thanks to Brad’s training I can now compete with the best in the world every time I race.” —Dathan Ritzenhein, two-time Olympian

“Brad’s training has elevated my running to heights I daydreamed about as a high school kid. Not only is his training innovative, he’s a phenomenal motivator.” —James Carney, 2008 U.S.A. Half-Marathon Champion

“Brad understands the entire training package and all its components better than any coach I’ve worked with, athletically or professionally. Reading this book can help take you to the next level and keep pushing you up as far and fast as you want to go.” —Sarah Toland, former NCAA All-American, U.S.A. National Cross-Country Team member, and Olympic Trials qualifier for the 5,000 and 10,000

“Brad Hudson’s years of personal elite training experience, combined with his wide spectrum of training influences, has catapulted him into a class of American coaching that has typically consisted of archaic, iron-fisted coaching systems. He has the ability and openmindedness to return U.S. distance running to prominence.” —Casey Burchill, 28-minute 10K runner

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