I've read both Pfitzinger's Faster Road Racing and Daniels Running Formula, but have only followed Daniel's since my time running. I'm obviously biased for DRF since that's the only training I've followed. Has anyone had success on the other side of the fence with Pfitzinger? I actually like his idea of a 12 week build to a goal race vs 18 weeks of Daniels P2-P4. Both are in assumption that you already have a base to start doing workouts off of. Thoughts?
What are you training for and which Pfitz book are you looking at?
My 800m/1500m/5000m pr's were run on 100% Daniels-based training. I loved it and ended up in the best shape of my life. At age 28, I chopped 8 seconds off my 1500m pr to dip just under 4:00. I also got my 5000m pr down to ~14:50, which was a 30+ second improvement.
I'm in the middle of a marathon buildup, and I'm mixing up my sources a little more. I still consider myself Daniels-based, but I'm including a little from Pfitz and Tinman as well.
I am in the 2nd week of a pfitz HM Plan. 63-84 mile Plan Some minor adjustments as I am running more miles than he suggests already and sometimes I split up the tempos. I do like how his schedule is set up
Mon -Recovery
Tue - General Aerobic Single
Wed- Threshold or V02
Thur- General Aerobic Single
Fri- Recovery
Sat -Gen Aerobic + Speed I.e. 6x12 sec hills sprint + 8x100 meters
Sun- Long Run ( 3 are run as progression LRs finishing last 3 miles at threshold)
I am taking a more marathon esque approach to the Half than a 10k approach .
finished 2nd week. On 3rd week I meant