Renowned running authority, coach, and best-selling author Pete Pfitzinger teams with Philip Latter, senior writer for Running Times, in this must-have training guide for the most popular race distances, including the 5K, 10K, and half marathon.
Faster Road Racing: 5K to Half Marathon presents easy-to-follow programs proven to give you an edge in your next race. You’ll discover detailed plans for race-specific distances as well as expert advice on balancing training and recovery, cross-training, nutrition, tapering, and training over age 40. And for serious runners who compete in numerous races throughout the year, Pfitzinger’s multi-race, multi-distance training plans are invaluable.
Faster Road Racing is your all-inclusive resource on running your fastest at distances of 5K, 8K to 10K, 15K to 10 miles, and the half marathon.
Contents
Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction
Part I Training Components Chapter 1. Elements of Training Chapter 2. Balancing Training and Recovery Chapter 3. Supplementary Training Chapter 4. The Well-Fed Runner’s Diet Chapter 5. Considerations for Masters Runners Chapter 6. Tapering for Peak Performance
Part II Training for Peak Performance Chapter 7. Following the Schedules Chapter 8. Base Training Chapter 9. Training for 5K Races Chapter 10. Training for 8K to 10K Races Chapter 11. Training for 15K and 10-Mile Races Chapter 12. Training for the Half Marathon Chapter 13. Training for Multiple Race Distances
Appendix A. Pace Chart Appendix B. Equivalent Race Performances Appendix C. Workout Paces
References and Recommended Readings Index About the Authors
Released 2015 280 Pages
Audiences
Serious runners, mostly at the intermediate to advanced levels, who race the most popular events from the 5K to half marathon. Also running coaches.
About The Author
Pete Pfitzinger, the top American finisher in the 1984 and 1988 Olympic marathons, is a respected coach, exercise physiologist, and administrator of high-performance sport. He established himself as one of the best marathoners in U.S. history by outkicking Alberto Salazar to win the 1984 U.S. Olympic Trials.
That same year he received the DeCelle Award for America’s best distance runner and was named Runner of the Year by the Road Runners Club of America. He is also a two-time winner of the San Francisco Marathon and finished third in the 1987 New York City Marathon. He is a member of the Road Runners Club of America’s Hall of Fame.
Philip Latter is a senior writer for Running Times and the head cross country coach at Swain County High School in North Carolina. He has also been the head cross country coach at Radford University in Virginia and the lead assistant at Fort Collins High School in Colorado, where he helped guide the Lambkins to three Nike Cross Nationals appearances. In addition to Running Times, his writing has appeared in Runner’s World and on RunnersWorld.com and ESPNRise.com.
A runner for more than 15 years, Latter set four school records at the University of North Carolina at Asheville and was a five-time All-Big South runner and a two-time member of the All-Academic team. He holds PRs of 4:01 (1500 meters), 8:32 (3000 meters), 14:47 (5000 meters), 31:24 (10,000 meters), and 1:12:11 (half marathon).
