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

Brad Hudson

Learn how to run faster, unlock your potential, and reach peak performance with this practical guide featuring training advice from a former Olympic trials marathoner and coach to Olympians.

"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, USA National Cross-Country Team member, and Olympic Trials qualifier for the 5,000 and 10,000

Brad 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. With Run Faster from the 5K to the Marathon, Hudson shows all runners how to coach themselves as confidently and effectively as he 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, this 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!

Book Details

  • Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
  • Publish Date: Jul 29th, 2008
  • Pages: 288
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.00in - 7.50in - 0.60in - 0.90lb
  • EAN: 9780767928229
  • Categories: Running & JoggingTrack & FieldTraining

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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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Praise for this book

"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