Human Kinetics Faster Road Racing

Ce livre est génial ! Le contenu est non seulement super intéressant mais aussi très utile pour améliorer sa technique et éviter les blessures. Le livre couvre tout, de l'alimentation à un entraînement détaillé en passant par une séries d'exercices supplémentaires. Cela fait 2 mois que je suis scrupuleusement les conseils du livre et les résultats sont là. J'ai gagné en VO2max 5[ml/kg/min] et mon temps au semi est passé de 1h30 à 1h22 !! Hier soir j'ai eu l'occasion de faire un 5K en 18'31 durant un entraînement, je pensais même pas savoir passer en dessous des 20 minutes. Si vous souhaitez réellement progresser est atteindre un bon niveau, je ne peux que vous le recommander. Et surtout lisez bien tout du début à la fin car aucune page n'est gaspillée ;)

Pfitzinger is one of the best coaches around and this book has fantastic training advice and some great plans for anyone looking to improve their 5k to Half Marathon times

This is an excellent guide if your goal is to race as fast as possible in distances from 5K to Half Marathon. Here's what I like about it in no particular order. 1. Depth. The authors take a deep dive into physiology and how the body reacts training in terms of speed and endurance. No stone is left unturned. The human body is incredibly complex and it's important to understand how different combinations of factors (effort and length of training, nutrition, sleep, etc.) all factor into performance. The authors do a really good job explaining this. 2. Guardrails - The book is full of tables that provide guardrails while training. For example, the information about how much recovery time after racing masters level runners need based on the length of the race and their age is priceless. Just because the body feels good does not mean that you've recovered. This information alone makes the book worthwhile. 3. Specific training plans - No matter your race distance, condition, etc. there's a plan here for you. Following these plans will lead to faster race times. 4. Limited scope - this book doesn't try to be everything to everyone. The authors recognize that training for a marathon is different than training for shorter distances and they resisted the urge to expand the scope...a mistake many other authors make. In doing so, they provide a much higher level of value to the reader. I was uncertain about buying this book but decided to give it a try and could not be happier with it. A word of caution...it may be difficult to view the training plans and tables if you purchase the Kindle version. I tend to always buy hard copies of data intensive books with lots of tables, and in this case that turned out to be particularly wise.

Excellent book but the delivery took longer than expected.

Easy to understand even for an occasional runner. The advice on training regimes in particular I found useful and have adapted my approach accordingly.