Pete Magill's 25 Keys to Running a Faster 5K

by Pete Magill

So you want to run a faster 5K. But you're not sure how to train for it. Relax, Pete Magill's 25 Keys to Running a Faster 5K reveals the training secrets, lifestyle adjustments, and race tactics that can carry you to your best 5K performance. In this expert tutorial, Magill, author of the acclaimed running books, Build Your Running Body ("The best running book ever."--Bob Anderson, founder of Runner's World) and The Born Again Runner, lays out a step-by step plan for maximizing your running fitness and race readiness. The 25 "keys" include advice on optimal mileage, tempo runs, VO2 max training, hill repeats, plyometrics, injury-prevention, recovery, diet, race weight, choosing the right racing flats, and much more. Plus there are sample training schedules for runners of all abilities. Magill is the fastest-ever American 5K runner for age groups 45-49 (14:34, track), 50-54 (15:01, road), and 55-59 (15:42, track), as well as a five-time USA masters cross country runner of the year, two-time American age group runner of the year, and multiple-times American and world age-group record holder. As a coach and runner, he's led his clubs to nineteen national championships. This is the definitive training guide for mastering the 5K.

Genres: Sports

91 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 21, 2017

About the author

Pete Magill has coached his running clubs to 19 masters national championships. He's a five-time USA Masters Cross Country Runner of the Year and the fastest-ever American distance runner over age 50 in the 5K and 10K. He is also the lead author of Build Your Running Body. He lives in South Pasadena, California.

Reviews

[Leslie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent advice!

I have read and applied principles of the bigger, newer book but this is perfect for the race that a good number of us run. I placed first in my first race using the training and I'm getting really old...I have no intention of stopping!