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Published by VeloPress
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
The speed you need to outsprint the competition, juke your opponent on the field or court, set personal records, and achieve peak performance. In SpeedRunner, celebrated running coach Pete Magill reveals his 4-week training plan to make any athlete into a faster runner, no matter the sport, age, gender, experience, or goals.
In every sport that includes running, the difference between the best and the rest is tenths of a second. From team sports like football, soccer, basketball, and baseball to individual sports like distance running, track, and triathlon, faster leg speed makes champions. By targeting the neuromuscular system and strengthening muscle and connective tissue, Magill’s SpeedRunner program builds speed, strength, endurance, agility, coordination, balance, proprioception, and explosive power so athletes can excel.
Developed over decades of experience coaching athletes of all ages from short sprints to the marathon, Magill’s SpeedRunner program is your key to speed. Magill has led his club to two dozen US National Masters Championships in road running and cross country. As a 5-time USA Masters Cross Country Runner of the Year and multiple American and world age-group record holder himself, Magill is proof that his training methods are effective.
Along with its core 4-week program, SpeedRunner offers speed only training, once-a-week speed work for distance runners, and single-day sessions focused on injury prevention and whole-body strength.
SpeedRunner will make you faster, stronger, quicker—no matter your sport!
In every sport that includes running, the difference between the best and the rest is tenths of a second. From team sports like football, soccer, basketball, and baseball to individual sports like distance running, track, and triathlon, faster leg speed makes champions. By targeting the neuromuscular system and strengthening muscle and connective tissue, Magill’s SpeedRunner program builds speed, strength, endurance, agility, coordination, balance, proprioception, and explosive power so athletes can excel.
Developed over decades of experience coaching athletes of all ages from short sprints to the marathon, Magill’s SpeedRunner program is your key to speed. Magill has led his club to two dozen US National Masters Championships in road running and cross country. As a 5-time USA Masters Cross Country Runner of the Year and multiple American and world age-group record holder himself, Magill is proof that his training methods are effective.
Along with its core 4-week program, SpeedRunner offers speed only training, once-a-week speed work for distance runners, and single-day sessions focused on injury prevention and whole-body strength.
SpeedRunner will make you faster, stronger, quicker—no matter your sport!
Product Details
- Publisher: VeloPress (May 1, 2018)
- Length: 250 pages
- ISBN13: 9781937716998
Raves and Reviews
“When Pete Magill talks, smart runners listen.”
– Scott Douglas, Runner’s World senior content editor
“Whether you’re just starting out as a runner or starting afresh, you can do no better than heed the guidance of running’s ultimate comeback kid, Pete Magill.”
– Matt Fitzgerald, author of How Bad Do You Want It? and Racing Weight
“Do what Pete says and you’re sure to run stronger, healthier, and faster.”
– Amby Burfoot, 1968 Boston Marathon winner, Runner’s World editor at large
Praise for Build Your Running Body
"Build Your Running Body represents something new and needed in sports literature. This is the ‘right stuff’ for runners who want to get faster, enjoy running more, and stay injury-free for a lifetime.”
– Bill Rodgers, four-time winner of both the New York City and Boston marathons
“[Build Your Running Body is] an informative, friendly guide that all runners can grow with and will likely return to over time.”
– Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Build Your Running Body is the most useful, info-packed, and comprehensive training manual I’ve ever read. Coaches will find it invaluable, and runners of all levels will use it as a complete guide to reaching their goals.”
– Amby Burfoot, 1968 Boston Marathon winner and Runner’s World editor-at-large
“Build Your Running Body is nothing short of the Unified Theory of Running…This book covers it all.”
– Ken Stone, founder and editor of MastersTrack.com
“I’ve said it before, and I’m saying it again: If you want to run faster, do what Pete Magill says. It’s that simple.”
– Scott Douglas, Runner’s World contributing editor, author or co-author of 7 running books, including Meb for Mortals and Advanced Marathoning
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