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Run Faster from the 5K to the Marathon: How to Be Your Own Best Coach
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By Brad Hudson and Matt Fitzgerald
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Do you want to run faster? Are you trying to peak for a particular race? Would you like to find your true running potential? Brad Hudson, former Olympic Trials marathoner and current coach to Olympians like Dathan Ritzenhein, will show you the way in this practical, reader-friendly guide. 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!
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 One of the best, August 7, 2008
By SimonM (Boulder, CO, USA)
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This is one of the best books ever written on running training. I'm a masters athlete racing mile, 5k and 10k and I think I've just about read them all -- Brad's is the clearest breakdown of what you need to do, and when, that I have ever read.
If you've struggled with Daniels and Noakes (great though they are), this is the book for you. I predict you will finally understand what you are doing!
What I loved about Brad's book is that he can explain thing so simply. In his system/no system he's got 12 most effective training methods and three - yes just 3 - basic types of training. I love it.
System/no system? Yes; the book's plan is kind of interactive. Brad insists that your schedule MUST be individualized. You need to read, absorb, plan, try stuff out -- and adjust according to the feedback you get, not just blindly follow tables of speed and distances. He gives all the tools you need to work things out.
Bear in mind, too, that Brad is not coming at this from an academic/theoretical point of view, but is a highly successful coach currently training Olympic-level runners.
Totally recommended. A caveat for fellow masters runners: the typeface is small and sans serif. It's a 278-page book that should probably be twice that size with a more readable typeface. It's the only book I've read for months for which I've had to dig out my reading glasses!
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Bingo!, December 27, 2008
By Steve DiNatale
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Bingo! At the age of 50, with 21 marathons and somewhere around 400 races under my belt, I thought I had read everything on the subject of running.
I was wrong!
This book really gets to the point on how to improve your running.
As nice as the running books are that discuss shoes and sports drinks, etc, Run Faster is more advanced and to the point.
If there is any one thing that will really help you improve alot, it's HILLS, pay special attention to the Hill Training!
Don't be afraid to experiment with your training.
Buy this book, read it at least twice and do your HILLS!
Well done Brad.
38 of 39 people found this review helpful
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 More Advanced Than You May Want, September 22, 2010
By Andy (Allentown, PA)
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I have been running for two years and have read a few books about running, primarily beginner running books. This book does offer some good advice about training as a whole. But I think it is more geared to the serious and / or competitive runner rather than just the casual runner. For the record I typically run 5k races in the Spring, Summer, and Fall, and my times are generally in the 25-27 minute range.
The approach offered as a whole will help me. I really feel like I'm "training" now rather than going out for a run. Varying the running distances, speeds, and hill / strength training has already boosted my performance after three weeks.
But I just found the whole "adaptive" running thing, that is to run how you feel, to be impracticle. I think it may be good advice for a college athlete or someone with a lot of time on their hands. But if you're a working professional like me, you have about 45 minutes a day to work with. I've got to get certain workouts in on certain days. Also, I'm more of a routined person. I like to do certain things on certain days.
I just found the overall tone of this book to be much more geared toward the true running junkie, the ones who run the 5k in 16 minutes, versus the casually competitive runners like myself. Some of the training recommendations are great, I just didn't have a use for about 3/4's of this book.
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 Great book, but Kindle Edition is flawed, February 3, 2010
By Michael Gruetzmacher
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I have no issues with the book itself. However, in the Kindle version, the charts detailing the marathon plans are essentially impossible to read. Even if I enlarge the charts, the text in the chart is just illegible. This makes the book kind of useless to me. I want to follow these plans, but if I can't read them or otherwise copy them to any other format, what am I to do?
21 of 27 people found this review helpful
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One of the best running books, March 6, 2009
By Irfan Zaidi (San Jose, CA)
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This book in my opinion conveys what I've been looking for all over the internet, blogs, forums. It describes cutting edge training methods that are used by current elite athletes but explained in a way that a runner with lesser experience can get quite a lot from it. Brad Hudson's training philosophy is not one size fits all kind, as every athlete and runner is different, he articulately shows how based on a template training plan one can do adaptive training, where runners can modify their workouts based on how physiologically they are feeling on the day of running. He has also given deep insights as what it takes to be a great athlete for an athlete of any ability and how to improve year after year, a knowledge previously held only by top national coaches and not available in one place. He also gives out various training plan templates for athletes of varying abilities and methodology for readers to devise their own training plan once they understand all the principles for adaptive training written in this book. In all a wonderful training book that can open your mind to lot of useful new information and change your training forever.
15 of 16 people found this review helpful
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Some good information., March 20, 2009
By Deej (Bayou State)
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This book is good if you are a fairly serious runner. I am a novice runner who wants faster times at the half marathon and 10K. While this book does provide some insights, the anecdotes were tiresome and this book really did not provide the guidance that I was looking for. The FIRST program -- "Run Less/Run Faster" is a more beneficial book to me.
13 of 14 people found this review helpful
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Run Faster, March 20, 2009
By Books on Running
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Brad Hudson is an experienced coach, working mostly with elite athletes and competitive runners as far as I can tell. I am neither, but like all runners am interested in running faster. The solid basis he provides for his schedules I found very helpful, but the actual schedules were of only limited value to me.
For me, the best thing about the book is his concept of adaptive running schedules. In summary, the idea is to use the schedule as an outline of what you plan to do, but adapt it to your own experience as you work with it. This means adapting the schedule to the way your body responds each week, each day, even each run if need be. The book helped me clarify my own approach to running schedules, which I term "flexibility". "Adaptive" is a more appropriate terminology than "flexible", since it implies adapting the schedule to fit your body's needs, rather than just changing it randomly.
I recommend this book to competitive runners and elite athletes. For plodders like me, it has value in understanding more of why we are plodders and how we can choose to change this. By adapting his aggressive schedules to our own needs we can maximize the benefits of our training.
13 of 15 people found this review helpful
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Skip the Kindle Version, Buy the Paperback, December 28, 2010
By J. Sullivan
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I found the content of the book to be very good. I agree with the author's adaptive training techniques. I bet we'd see fewer running injuries if more people followed the advice in this book.
I bought the kindle version of this book, and I wish I hadn't. This book provides a lot of great information in charts. Unfortunately, these charts in the kindle version are TERRIBLE. To view most charts, I had to turn my kindle on its side and reduce the font-size to super-small just to be able to read the text in extra-wide tables.
What's worse, the most valuable charts are the multi-week training plans in the back of the book - in the kindle version, these charts are images for some reason, which means that increasing the font size to read the words won't work!
Here's what I had to do to read them. I opened the kindle version on my Mac (I'm sure this same technique would work on a PC). Found the charts I wanted to read, took a screen shot, then printed the screen shot - the Mac kindle software won't let you just print a page. The text in the charts isn't perfectly legible, but it's easy enough to make out the words 'interval', 'progression', 'hill-repeats', etc.
Considering the paperback is only 50 cents more, I wish, I wish, I wish I had purchased it instead. 5 stars on content, but just 1 star for kindle adaptation = 3 stars.
10 of 10 people found this review helpful
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Think about what you are doing, November 28, 2008
By L. Higgins (New York, NY)
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I am not a new runner, and I have been blessed with some of the best coaches in the country at every level: high school, college and beyond. I found that at each level I questioned why I was being told what to do a little more, and this is the first time I have really picked up a book on running. I now wish I had started reading running books a long time ago. I have learned so much about the physiological reason I do things from this book, that my day-to-day training awareness has reached a whole new level. Brad gives the real physiological explanations as to why training stimuli has to change and what it should change to. He explains why hill sprints are so beneficial, why the different threshold levels of training are so important, and how to train as hard as possible while avoiding injury. Most importantly, he teaches the reader how to own their training, which makes training for a race feel so much more like an adventure than a formula. I recommend this book for every level of runner & especially those who want to understand what they should be doing and why.
9 of 11 people found this review helpful
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28 minutes off my 1st marathon to my second using this book!!!, September 27, 2010
By Ariel A. Lafleur (UP Michigan)
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I've been running for over half my life, and just recently got into serious miles and marathon training. Tom Holland has an AWESOME book for people training for their first time marathon, and Brad Hudson/Matt Fitzgerald has an AWESOME book for getting faster and understanding HOW to get faster...for whatever race you are running. In my case it was a marathon. I ran my second marathon in 28.5 minutes FASTER that my first marathon EVER...in only 3.5 monthes of serious training in between. Ok, so I'm not an elite runner, but I still went from a 5 hour marthon to a 4:30 marathon....and never thought I could EVER do that. In a little over 3 monthes.
This book is slightly confusing for someone like me that doesn't understand the lingo completely, but he gets to the point. Change it up, hit your hills, and LISTEN to your body in HOW you think you should train TODAY. He also has awesome training guides for pretty much any race you are training for. Really good guidlines. He recommends running EVERY day. BUT, his plans vary, depending on your time level...from 4 days a week to 7.
The ONLY thing I did NOT agree with was his statement that all his runners DID NOT lift weights. AND he didn't recommend it. WHAT?! I guess if you are an elite runner and that is ALL you care about...but in the real world, I care about my muscle tone! So, despite his thoughts on the subject, I still lifted at least twice a week, plus core work and flexiblity training.
But he does say to listen to your body and train in a way that you become your own coach. So, I guess I didn't go too far from his coaching.
If you are looking for something to motivate you to run faster and train harder, buy this book. I bought it on kindle and wish I had the book cuz the charts are really hard to read, but sometimes it is just hard to wait for that one thing you know is going to get you going....NOW!!!
8 of 8 people found this review helpful
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Worthwhile if you are serious, December 28, 2009
By PHB (Naples, FL)
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Intuitive, excellent work. Take advantage of Brad Hudson's years of experience in research and application of running methodology and technique and directly apply it to your running. Warning, not for the casual "I wanna finish a marathon someday" crowd, this is real and it works.
Big negative on Kindle is that it is IMPOSSIBLE to read the workout charts at the end of the book. Would appreciate if anyone can provide a link to those charts online.
8 of 9 people found this review helpful
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 Average book, May 11, 2009
By S. Narel (Elk Grove Village, IL)
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I bought this book in preparation for my 50th marathon. I was looking for information that would improve my training in comparison with my previous 49 marathons. This book really did not provide the guidance that I was looking for. In my opinion Advanced Marathoning by Pete Pfitzinger and Scott Douglas gives more, better guidance which helped me to break 3 hours.
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Great book, September 16, 2008
By path of the one (Guatemala)
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This is the book I was looking for. Very easy to understand. I'm a 33 year old beginner, but want to get the best out of me before it's too late, it's not for the walk/run beginners plan or for those looking to loose weight, this is for those who want to take the sport seriously regardless of the current level and take it to the next. Ever wanted to have a professional/elite coach? Look for the answer inside.
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Very helpful, informative, easy to read!!, August 25, 2010
By Sakushi (Minnesota, U.S.)
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I consider myself a beginning to intermediate runner. I'm in my 40s and have been running for a few years and still learning.
This book was excellent for explaining different aspects of training to improve my running. It is clear, concise and very easy to understand and apply.
I definitely recommend it to any level of runner!
Additional KINDLE Note: I purchased the Kindle version of this book which was fine for the most part but some of the tables in the book ran off the edge of the page. Plus the schedule templates in Chapter 12 of the book were images that were VERY small and at times difficult to read. Just FYI for Kindle users.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
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Coaching 2.0, November 28, 2009
By Little person in big city. (new york, NY, United States)
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(Note: The star author of this book is coach Brad Hudson, whose name appears twice the size of Matt Fitzgerald's on the cover. However, Amazon has chosen to list Matt Fitzgerald as primary author.)
No matter how well written and packaged a book like this may be, most of its content is going to pass you by or make your eyes glaze over. Only a few sections are really going to be pertinent to your event and training. You need to browse hard and find what is relevant to your training.
This book is arranged to make your specific needs easy to find.
For me, one section that really stands out is on page 35: "5. Lots of Hill Running." Several paragraphs down, the coach-author writes, "Hill running is the only 'weightlifting' my runners do. They hoist no barbells or dumbbells. They do some exercises to develop strength in their abdominal muscles and lower back, but that's it."
For me, free weights and the pulley-weight circuit are a crashing bore, just a way to spend a half-hour two or three times a week, with marginal payoff. It's so nice to be reassured that short hill sprints (with lovely rests in between) will accomplish the same thing. And you get to, well, run! (Of course, the subtitle of the book tells you that this is training "from the 5k to the marathon"--Brad is not talking about 200m sprinters here. I am perfectly willing to believe that sprinters need their weights.)
For the most part, this book is addressed to the runner with at least moderate competitive experience. Brad encourages you to sort out your weaknesses and strengths, and build upon them. Page 119: "The training you've done over the past two years, and especially within the past 12 months is, for better or worse, the foundation for the training you will do in your next training cycle... Don't feel obligated to increase your running mileage if you are unable or unwilling to devote more time to training. There are other ways to imporve besides running more." A few pages later on, discussing masters training: "The majority of your key workouts should be very race-specific. There's not much to be gained from general training anymore... There should be few or no "junk miles" in your training after age 40." This is precisely the sort of advice you should expect from a one-on-one coach giving you individualized training.
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If you're halfway smart, you'll get a lot out of this., January 10, 2010
By JohnM (Melbourne, Australia)
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If you're after a training guide based on solid science, that requires you to think a bit about your running... that will teach you the principles of running physiology, so you actually understand WHY you're doing your workouts... you'll love this book.
If you just want a dumbed-down training program (think "5 easy steps to your fastest-ever 5K!!!")... and you're just after someone to tell you exactly what to do, and when to do it... you're better off buying a running magazine or just downloading a training program from some website.
As others have said, this book is concise, well-written, and smart. Hudson's methodology makes perfect sense, and because he insists you adapt his methods to suit yourself, it forces you to at least attempt to create for yourself a tailored program.
More than any book on the subject I've read, this is as close to having a real living, breathing actual in-the-flesh coach as you can get. Obviously not as good, but if you enjoy the challenge of racing as a self-coached athlete, this book is a must.
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Run Faster. Fantastic Book!!, August 3, 2008
By Chi Fu
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There are only a few great running books out there, and no doubt is this book included onto petite list. This book really help gives you a better understanding of his philosophy of 'Adaptive Running'. The book is filled with great knowledge touching topics such as Aerobic Support, Muscle Training, Specific-Endurance Training, and etc. But it doesn't just stop there. It even touches the elements of running economy, power, fatigue resistance, self-assessment, training execution and Adaptive Training plan. If you want to help propel yourself to the next level in either an athlete, or a coach. This is the book for you!
Buy it and you won't regret it.
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Coaching 2.0, November 28, 2009
By MARGOT SHEEHAN (Gotham City)
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(Note: The star author of this book is coach Brad Hudson, whose name appears twice the size of Matt Fitzgerald's on the cover. However, Amazon has chosen to list Matt Fitzgerald as primary author.)
No matter how well written and packaged a book like this may be, most of its content is going to pass you by or make your eyes glaze over. Only a few sections are really going to be pertinent to your event and training. You need to browse hard and find what is relevant to your training.
This book is arranged to make your specific needs easy to find.
For me, one section that really stands out is on page 35: "5. Lots of Hill Running." Several paragraphs down, the coach-author writes, "Hill running is the only 'weightlifting' my runners do. They hoist no barbells or dumbbells. They do some exercises to develop strength in their abdominal muscles and lower back, but that's it."
For me, free weights and the pulley-weight circuit are a crashing bore, just a way to spend a half-hour two or three times a week, with marginal payoff. It's so nice to be reassured that short hill sprints (with lovely rests in between) will accomplish the same thing. And you get to, well, run! (Of course, the subtitle of the book tells you that this is training "from the 5k to the marathon"--Brad is not talking about 200m sprinters here. I am perfectly willing to believe that sprinters need their weights.)
For the most part, this book is addressed to the runner with at least moderate competitive experience. Brad encourages you to sort out your weaknesses and strengths, and build upon them. Page 119: "The training you've done over the past two years, and especially within the past 12 months is, for better or worse, the foundation for the training you will do in your next training cycle... Don't feel obligated to increase your running mileage if you are unable or unwilling to devote more time to training. There are other ways to imporve besides running more." A few pages later on, discussing masters training: "The majority of your key workouts should be very race-specific. There's not much to be gained from general training anymore... There should be few or no "junk miles" in your training after age 40." This is precisely the sort of advice you should expect from a one-on-one coach giving you individualized training.
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Excellent Bookfor the Serious Runner Regardless of Age or Ability, September 16, 2009
By Daniel Hurley (Chesapeake, VA.)
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Although a long time runner, I thoroughly enjoyed Brad Hudson's book that in a highly readable and efficient fashion relates his training programs for virtually all runners. His theory of adaptive running makes great sense and he constantly adjusts for abilities, current performance levels and common sense such as always pencil in workouts to adjust for how the runner feels today. His book focuses on balancing the human body with a combination of muscle training, aerobic and anaerobic combined with self assessment leading to an individualized plan. What I particularly like about this book is that it simply does not lead you into how to run a marathon but to a verity of race distances from 5K forward. He proves a variety of workout plans based on abilities and age at various distances. And what is somewhat rare, he has an excellent program for masters runners at different distances and, as he conveys that rest is needed, he builds in more rest time for masters runners in the form of cross training and core body workouts. His workouts are truly building block encouraging the athlete not to try to set PRs in practice or increase the load too soon but shy from injury and then work toward specific peak race workouts. He doesn't spend a lot of time on masters but what he says makes a lot of sense about different needs and recovery. For instance, for older and injury prone runners, he encourages more hill work over track workouts and hill work is a major part of all his training. I particularly like the 8 second sprints uphill that improve neuromuscular fitness. I am in the first 1/3 of the masters program, adding one extra day of running as opposed to 3 since 1 is a long social run, and I like the variety and a long range peak plan. Also, has great words of wisdom such as when cutting back for a recovery period, keep some intense workouts on the agenda since getting away from it too much makes a longer climb to get back in shape and increases the potential for injury. Great side bar articles on athletes he has coached with pictures. Dathan Ritzenhein just broke the American 5K record with a 12:55 and he was the 4th non-African to break 13:00. He currently is coached by Alberto Salazar for the past 3 months but Salazar credited Hudson for bringing Ritzenhien to such great shape free of the nagging injuries Ritz has had historically. This is a great book for all and particularly for HS coaches with four ranges of workouts based on class year/ability.
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Good but J.Daniels' book is better, September 22, 2010
By M
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Good book but very general. I also bought J. Daniels' book which was excellent. I read them both at the same time and I enjoyed Daniels' book more.
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I Finally Found it!, August 29, 2010
By Jorge O. Soriano
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"Run Faster..." is the book I have been hoping to find to help me attain my running goals, but never thought I would find. I ran into this book, no pun intended, almost by accident. I was reluctant to buy it, but, I took a chance. Let me just say that this is my first book review on Amazon. In fact, the only reason I am writting a review is because I want other runners, like me, who spend hours and hours searching the WEB for the perfect marathon training schedule or program to know, look no further than "Run Faster...". I will never again spend time looking for that perfect marathon training schedule, for this book has quite literally taught me that there is no perfect marathon schedule for me, at least not one I find pre-made. I learned that the best schedule for me is the one "I create"! That's right, I can do better myself than one from Hal Higdon or other outstanding coaces, and I'm just a regular dude who loves to run long, but I have big goals. However, this book arms one with the knowledge and confidence to tailor their marathon training schedule, or other racinf distance, just for them. And, more importantly, it teaches that schedules should not be concrete, rather, they should be flexible, changing daily perhaps, depending on several key factors, the most important of course, is how one feels. Hence, it forces you to think daily about being in tune with your body so you can adjust your schedule accordingly. It teaches so much, you cannot absorb it all at once - but it will be there for you tomorrow.
I use to do a lot of research to find the perfect schedule based on my goals (race pace) for a particular race and then strictly follow-it, regradless of any other factors, which of course, was not allowing me to reach my full potential. This book, in effect, let's you be your own "coach" and gives you the knowledge and confidence to be a really good "coach". Sure, I would rather have Brad Hudson coaching me, but, when all you can afford is "you", this book is well worth the price to make you an effective coach and change the whole way you look at training - forever. I will still buy and read other books on running long, but, this book will be "The One" I will keep coming back to time and time again to make sure I'm on track. Oh yeah, this is the type of book you want to have a highlighter near by, for every page has a beatiful nugget you just can't help but highlight for easy and quick reference later; trust me; you will love this book, no matter your level of experience. May this book help you, as it has me, to reach your running goals. "Run Long - Run Strong!" Jorge O. Soriano
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Not your run of the mill training book., December 7, 2008
By Michael Black
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This book is an important contribution for any runner who wants to cut out irrelevant and distracting information that abounds in every bookstore and website. A no nonsense guide for developing one's true athletic potential.
You won't be dissatisfied. A must read if you are interested in improving your running. It's a great investment. Buy this book!!!
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Great for the elites, tiresome for the average runner, January 7, 2011
By Scott (Helena, Malta)
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I have ran 15 marathons and running is my favorite hobby. Run Faster did a masterful job and turn the sport I enjoy into a dull, lifeless, and dry running manifesto. I can not fault the author on his knowledge, but the way he transfers knowledge was uninspiring. Also, the training plans were few and of limited value.
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This book has been completely essential to my training., July 24, 2011
By Ashlee Cox (Jacksonville, FL)
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At some points, the author is a bit repetitive, but the training plans are so specific and customized. He builds the book up by explaining the how's and the why's and then brings it all together by plotting your training plan, whatever your goal may be. I'm always reading magazines, blogs, articles, etc, about running, training, this-is-better, that-is-better...but none of it has been as helpful as this book. Seriously, this is one I'll be using for as long as I'm able to run.
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Hasn't failed me yet, February 24, 2011
By Nicole Kramer (Northern Virginia)
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In 2007 I started running marathons. I have completed 19 marathons - with my 20th being Boston 2011. I have tried it all - online programs, Run Less, Run Faster, Runner's World program, and even a coach. Brad Huson's 'Run Faster' had provided the best results out of all of these. The book is very informative, and it gives you tips to help adjust your training as you go along. The training programs are spread out from the 5K to a full Marathon.
I am currently using this program to train for Boston.
A+ to Mr. Hudson.
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Great book!!, July 5, 2010
By B. Suzuki (Clovis, CA, US)
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This book serves as a great foundation for developing a knowledge of running physiology. I think this a very good book.
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Run Faster Book found at Amazon, May 3, 2010
By Catherine M. Hughey
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I have just started reading this book, but it is just what I was looking for to increase my speed and endurance in 5K's and 10K's. It has many charts and templates that will help me reach my goals in a reasonable timeline and without unnecessary injuries. Just what I have been looking for.
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For anyone looking to an alternate to periodization, September 12, 2009
By S. K. Humphries (Houston, Texas)
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This is an excellent book for any runner who wants to find a training plan or philosophy that does not follow the traditional pyramid approach. This book does not offer scientific rationale for his approach, but instead seems to be based on common sense and reason. Even if you do not wish to follow his training plans, Hudson does provide some very good advice and diagnostic tools to use when assessing your current and past performances.
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Great Read, March 16, 2009
By R. Graves
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I bought Run Faster over the summer after seeing Brad Hudson was the author. I have been interested in distance running training theory since I started running in High School and have read a lot of books on the topic. 'Run Faster' offered me something the others didn't in that it offered a unique training concept in 'adaptive training.' Another plus were the profiles of Brad's athletes (Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein and US 1/2 marathon champ James Carney to name two of his athletes) at the end of each chapter. I recommend this book to any runner looking for a fresh and new approach to their training. I couldn't put it down.
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Good and fast read, May 11, 2011
By Thomas (Medford OR)
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I'm a master running, so this book was very practical in that regard. I have already started using part of his recommendations, and will probably implement all of them this summer.
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Great book for all runners and coaches., October 25, 2008
By swmbkrun (So Cal, USA)
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This is a great book for both runners and coaches. Coaches and students of training philosphy rarely get a glimpse into the plans of our current elites and olympians. But the book is not just about elites. It's how every runner, of every age and abilty, can buid, develop and monitor thier own training program. Let's face it, very few regular runners have access to a good coach, let alone one of the best. I've been running for many years and I will be adopting many of his ideas and workouts into my training.
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Run Faster Book Review, January 19, 2009
By No comment (Cincinnati, OH)
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This is an excellent book with a lot of great tips for gaining speed and endurance. I would recommend this book for anyone wishing to get faster from the 5k to the marathon.
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NEW BOOK, January 21, 2012
By C. Thomason
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ON TIME. NO FLAWS. GREAT BUY. GOOD FEEDBACK ON TRAINING TO RUN FASTER. I'M GOING TO START RUNNING HILLS MORE OFTEN NOW.
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Awesome!, January 14, 2012
By Tennille Taylor
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I started running 7 months ago. I read the book and used the Level 1 Marathon program in the back of the book. I did EVERY workout listed for the 20 weeks of training (I missed one day for travel...and it was an Easy 4 miles). At the end of the 20 weeks I ran my first marathon....the Rimrock outside of Grand Junction, Colorado. It runs through Colorado National Monument with 2000 feet of elevation climb and then drop. I trained to go 4 hours and went 3:40 even with the mountain climb.....I owe it all to this book....it's advice and awesome training programs. And now I start Level 2 for the next 26.2. I highly recommend this book.
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 Good read with some ideas to help, November 5, 2011
By P. JOHNSTON (Christchurch, New Zealand)
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I've read a lot of running "manuals" that have helped me improve my running over the last 2 years. Everything from Lydiard to Daniels and this book is another great guide to assist in putting the pieces together. I think the idea that no two runners are the same is strongly emphasized in this book which means you need to pick the appropriate pieces out for you which is exactly what Hudson is proposing. All in all, I'd suggest it's a must read for all runners looking to learn more and I'm sure Hudson would be the first to suggest, you don't take his book as your only means of learning what needs to be done with your running. My only negative is about his comment on the 40+ age group is possibly slightly wrong as I know people who steadily improve into their 40's (as I've been doing) although I'd taken 20 years off from running before coming back at age 39. Probably the best solution is Jack Daniels in combination with this book and you're in business.
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Down to Earth coaching., March 4, 2011
By Scott W.
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I recently purchased and read Run Faster, From the 5k to the Marathon by Brad Hudson. I found the book to be easy to digest and very informative. I have read numerous training books and have run over 25 years and I found Coach Hudson's to be one of the best. I am eager to try his programs and training methods because I believe they will lead to an improvement in my running performance. I found the examples of athletes he has worked with to be helpful and he breaks down all aspects of training in an informative and straight to the point way. I highly reccommend this book not only for the novice runner, but the seasoned vet looking for new ways to improve.
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Just what it says, December 29, 2010
By Steven J. Thibault (Attleboro , MA (north of Providence)
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I love this book. It did as promised, made me a faster runner. Before I read this book I had run my first half marathon, with a target of 1:45:00, in November. I missed that by ~3 minutes. I read this book, and followed it through the winter. I set my goal for the next year to run that same half marathon again in November under 1:40:00. I really thought this was a very ambitious goal. My first race of the next season was at the end of February. I ran that half marathon in 1:36:50!!!! You can look it up on coolrunning.com in the 2010 Hyannis half marathon, in MA, under Steven Thibault. I was blown away. But the training plan, and workouts this book prescribes WILL make you faster.
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Running into the 21st Century, December 5, 2008
By Running Connoisseur
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In these times adaptability and customizability are imperative. Here we have a guide for the middle to long distance runner that understands this fact. Included are the latest findings in the science of exercise physiology made very useful to people at all levels and ages. I am at this time using this book to coach runners ages 12 to 72 with excellent results. And I read about the superstars Brad Hudson coaches, some of whom have cut up to a minute off of their 10K times. Treat yourself to a new years P.R.
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Brad Hudson's views on how to train, May 20, 2012
By Manny (USA)
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Brad Hudson explains his background, talks about his own running briefly, then explains his approach to training for distance events. In short, Hudson has read everything out there, has run at the elite level himself, and has made a career of being in the sport. He has certainly gathered a large amount of knowledge on the sport. Much of what he says in the book is stuff that I agree with 100% (I've formed my own views from my own experiences) and hasn't been said much elsewhere. I give it three stars because for me the book does not really offer anything new or groundbreaking. It's simply more of a "this is what I have my athletes do" type of book. Besides that, I disagree with some of the core bits of Hudson's training plan as some of it goes against much of what I've read and experienced to work for me. This does not mean Hudson is wrong or the information he gives is useless, just that some of it is counter to many widely accepted practices that have been proven to work for other athletes. Everyone is different though, and one might benefit greatly from Hudson's advice. I can't say. In my own opinion, however, one would be better off reading Daniels, Martin and Coe, and Lydiard and synthesizing their own ideas from those books. If after reading those books (and probably some others) you're still looking for more, then come and read Hudson's book.
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Run Faster, May 17, 2012
By Fossman
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Brad is a great coach. He takes training to the next level beyound the Lydiard method. I had to read some sections twice as they are complicated but worth the extra effort. He teaches you to be you own coach and not just blindly follow a plan that works for someone else. I learned more from this book than any other one I've read since Jack Daniels. Not dumbed down for beginners which is nice.
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