Was hoping to get a some ideas on good books that deal with Marathon training. Woukd love to hear what the community thinks are the best books to read. Wether they be autoniographies or training manuals. Thanks!
Was hoping to get a some ideas on good books that deal with Marathon training. Woukd love to hear what the community thinks are the best books to read. Wether they be autoniographies or training manuals. Thanks!
Hudson's "Faster"
Magness' "Science of Running"
and Canova's stuff.
Agree with the above poster. Those seem to be the most cutting edge. Still, I think it is worth reading Pfitzinger's Advanced Marathoning, and the Hanson's Marathon book is pretty good, too. Your library very well could have all of them if you want to just check them out.
I agree there are other helpful books out there. I chose those 3 for a few reasons:
- They are similar in training philosophy. While it's good to get a variety of viewpoints, it's also overwhelming -- especially for the self-coached runner who maybe doesn't have that much experience. This can lead to program-hopping; you try one thing for a few weeks (or less, even!) and then jump over to something else. You start wondering why nothing is working... it's because you're not actually doing the thing and staying consistent. Adaptation takes a while.
- They're a good blend of different development levels. Hudson's because is a very developmental book; if you're starting out or getting serious about your training and getting pretty fast, it'll work for you. Well. If you're already fast, it'll still work. Magness' book is for those who are already fast and it gets into more subtleties -- FT vs. ST, muscle tension, etc. Canova is another level. The previous two are heavily influenced by Canova, but if most people took Canova's stuff word-for-word, they're gonna get worked. It's awesome stuff, but you need to keep the context in mind. 99% of it is also hard to read... he's not a native English speaker, he's high-level (a master speaking conceptually about his art), and it's spread all over the place.
- Hudson's book is cheap and easy to find. Magness' book is easy to find and he has a ton of the same info for free on his site (I personally don't like his podcast... I just don't get anything out of it. It's too conceptual.). Canova is "easy" to find in that it's free all over this site, but you do have to hunt it down.
I also really like John Kellogg's stuff, but it's pretty hard to interpret and I think he places too much emphasis on very high mileage.
Canova's Canovathon
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