Cutting-edge advice on how to achieve your personal best, for everyone from casual runners to ultramarathoners.
In 80/20 Running, respected running and fitness expert Matt Fitzgerald introduced his revolutionary training program and explained why doing 80 percent of runs at a lower intensity and just 20 percent at a higher intensity is the best way for runners at all levels--as well as cyclists, triathletes, and even weight-loss seekers--to improve their performance.
Now, in this eye-opening follow-up, Fitzgerald teams with Olympic coach Ben Rosario to expand and update the 80/20 program to include ultramarathon training and such popular developments as the use of power meters.
New research has bolstered the case that the 80/20 method is in fact that most effective way to train for distance running and other endurance sports. Run Like a Pro (Even If You're Slow) shows readers how to take the best practices in elite running and adopt them within the limits of their own ability, lifestyle, and budget.
Cutting-edge advice on how to achieve your personal best, for everyone from casual runners to ultramarathoners.
In 80/20 Running, respected running and fitness expert Matt Fitzgerald introduced his revolutionary training program and explained why doing 80 percent of runs at a lower intensity and just 20 percent at a higher intensity is the best way for runners at all levels--as well as cyclists, triathletes, and even weight-loss seekers--to improve their performance.
Now, in this eye-opening follow-up, Fitzgerald teams with Olympic coach Ben Rosario to expand and update the 80/20 program to include ultramarathon training and such popular developments as the use of power meters.
New research has bolstered the case that the 80/20 method is in fact that most effective way to train for distance running and other endurance sports. Run Like a Pro (Even If You're Slow) shows readers how to take the best practices in elite running and adopt them within the limits of their own ability, lifestyle, and budget.
Matt Fitzgerald is an acclaimed endurance sports writer,
coach, and certified sports nutritionist. He has authored or
coauthored more than 25 books, including The Comeback Quotient,
Running the Dream and How Bad Do You Want It? Also an award-winning
journalist, he has written for Bicycling, Maxim, Men’s Journal,
Outside, Runner’s World, Shape, Triathlete, and other major
magazines and websites.
An All-State runner in high school and an All-American triathlete
as an adult, he continues to compete at a high level as both a
runner and a triathlete. He has coached other endurance athletes
since 2001. He is a cofounder of 80/20 Endurance, an Internet-based
training resource of runners and other athletes.
Ben Rosario is the head coach of the HOKA NAZ Elite
professional distance running team in Flagstaff, Ariz. His athletes
have finished in the top ten of the Boston, Chicago, New York City
and London Marathons, and have won multiple national titles
including the 2020 Olympic Trials Marathon. Before founding NAZ
Elite, he co-owned Big River Running Company, a run-specialty store
in his hometown of Saint Louis, Mo. Ben has co-authored two
previous running books, Inside A Marathon and Tradition, Class,
Pride.
Praise for Run Like a Pro (Even If You're Slow)
“The training of an elite marathoner can seem mysterious to the
majority of runners; this book is an excellent inside look into the
ways the pros prepare physically and mentally to compete at their
best. Every runner can apply these lessons to their own training in
order to reach their next level.”--Molly Seidel, Olympic Marathon
Bronze Medalist
“Fitzgerald and Rosario make a perfect team, distilling decades of
in-the-trenches experience into clear and practical advice that any
runner who wants to get better can (and should) apply.”--Alex
Hutchinson, author of Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic
Limits of Human Performance
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