Fast 5K by Pete Magill

Fast 5K by Pete Magill

THE 5K DEMANDS THE SPED OF A MILER AND THE ENDURANCE OF A MARATHONER.

To run your fastest 5K, you'll need smart preparation. In this focused, no-nonsense guide, celebrated running coach Pete Magill lays out the 25 crucial keys to running your best race. With wisdom gained from setting multiple American and world age-group records, as well as leading his team to 19 USA national championship titles, Magill shows how you can achieve top running fitness and race readiness. Whether you are new to the distance or toeing the line again for a personal best, Fast 5K is a must-have resource for reaching your goals.

Fast 5K offers crucial keys to unlock your fastest race:

* Figure out optimal training volume and intensity

* Pace tempo runs for maximum benefit

* Strengthen and build muscle fibers with hill running

* Design strength, plyo, and technique routines that really work

* Prevent injury with strategic tapering, recovery, and drills

* Race tactically from the start line to the finish

With 12-WEK and 16-WEK TRAINING PLANS to suit runners of all abilities, Fast 5K is the most crucial key of all to running your very best race.

PETE MAGIL is a world-class 5K runner, with multiple American and world age-group records in track & field and road racing, and is a 5-time USA Masters Cross Country Runner of the Year. He is a coach, columnist, and author of SpeedRunner, Build Your Running Body, and The Born Again Runner.

Pete Magill is a running coach, accomplished athlete, and contributor to Runner's World, Competitor, and formerly to Running Times. His popular columns, Magill on Masters, The Long Run, and The Performance Page covered training, nutrition, and mental training. As a coach, Magill has led his masters clubs to 19 USATF National Masters Championships in cross country and road racing. Currently a coach with Southern California's Cal Coast Track Club and California Triathlon Club, Magill has worked with athletes of all ages, from youth through masters. He holds multiple American and world age-group records in the sports of track & field and road racing, and he is a 5-time USA Masters Cross Country Runner of the Year. Magill is author of Build Your Running Body and The Born Again Runner.