Pete Pfitzinger

Context: I ran D-III XC and track, and have since run a small handful of marathons a little under 3 hours. Some of the book is rather obvious to me, but those parts seem very helpful to people without my background. Some parts are not at all obvious to me, in particular some of the differences between training for 5K-10K and training for a marathon. (Instead of doing 2 8-milers, I now do an 11 and a 5.)

I wish the book went a little further into detail about how the training plans were designed and paces were chosen, but it's very comprehensive and I will be using it as a reference throughout my training.… (mehr)