Runner's World Run Less, Run Faster: Become a Faster, Stronger Runner with the Revolutionary 3-Run-a-Week Training Program

This is a well written book that makes a lot of sense and will appeal to the short of time runner, the runner who gets injures when they do lots of mileage and the reluctant runner. I am currently putting it into practice with a couple of clients and eventually myself when I finish with my current training plan so I don't know if it does what it says on the tin yet but it seems promising. It can get a little confusing flicking from one place in the book to another to sort out training paces and it does rely on having a 5km race time to base the pacing on but they give you ways to sort that. Make sure you have a solid base before you embark on this training.

As a physio and a runner (over 50) I found this book more holistic than most training programmes. It is a hard but good quality programme. I wanted to do less miles and only run three times a week as I enjoy cross training and want to maintain fitness without the loading injuries that result from over training. Each run has a purpose and is not just empty mileage. The cross training allows rest for the joints but still works the cardiovascular system. The stretches and strengthening help conditioning and injury prevention. I have been using this book for several months, building up to start the programme as you need to be running 15 miles. Sadly marathon cancelled after 4 weeks into it, so continuing the maintenance recomended.

I would still class myself as quite a new runner - 2 years in! This is a good book, but perhaps aimed at people who do over 20km a week regularly. Even though it is called 'Run less', you still have to run 3 times a week, plus 2 CV sessions, plus stretching exercises, plus strength training exercises. Hard to fit in to my life! But it is motivational. It is FULL of tables. Lots of paces, times, distances, etc. If you are UK based, or perhaps even not in America, you may find the references to the Boston marathon, and the devoted chapter a bit annoying. Also, whilst the authors proclaim to have tried to add metric units in for the non American readers, they haven't done it throughout the book.

I really enjoyed this book, and am looking forward to training for and running my marathon. I will have to wait and see if the program works, but the book has really got me motivated and pumped for my marathon. I've only completed one week of training before writing this review, but already I am very impressed. The training sessions have been challenging and I am clear about my estimated marathon finishing time and the outcome of each training session. I brought the book for my Kindle and was a little concerned about a negative review that said the tables didn't display properly - I had no such problems, every part of the book is more than readable.

I really enjoyed this book, the theory and insights in the book are very relevant.I follows the training plan and achieved my goal of finishing the Dublin marathon.

So many training plans are designed for vague goals, sub 4 in marathon etc. but Run Less Run Faster lets you choose your training plan based on much more specific objectives, e.g. 3.35 marathon. In addition, the pace for all of your runs, including track repeats are specified in easy to follow tables and are based on actual performance, so that you can constantly adjust the pace of your training sessions according to your level of fitness and race results. The strength and stretching exercises included are also a great bonus. I haven't put the method to the test yet, but as a training plan it is the best I've seen!!

Good Book, very interesting. I used to run 6 days a week but due to work & family commitments I just didn't have the time anymore.But i wanted to keep up my fitness levels & not lose it so I started using this book & I have maintained my previous fitness levels while running less!

Good read. I went along with this training. Felt like cheating since before I trained 6 days a week for a marathon. Works well for busy full time work folks.All my spring and spring and summer races have been cancelled, hence cannot tell you if this method is better that Hanson's for me.It does work though. Less running but more demanding targets.

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Excelente manual. Una pega: que está en inglés

O livro é bem estruturado e apresenta uma metodologia interessante, com dados e depoimentos. A proposta é bem interessante e faz sentido. Bom para quem não tem muito dias para correr e parece fazer todo sentido para diminuir riscos de lesão. Há um capítulo especial sobre a qualificação para Boston e várias planilhas para vários níveis. Recomendo!

La méthode proposée et développée dans ce livre consiste à courir 3 fois par semaine: une séance d'intervalles, une séance tempo et une sortie longue. Pas de sortie facile en bref ! En plus de ces séances de course à pied, il y a un peu de renforcement musculaire, des étirements, et deux séances d'entraînement croisé chaque semaine (au choix natation, vélo ou rameur). Vous y trouverez des plans très simples à suivre pour préparer un 5 k, un 10 k, un semi-marathon et un marathon quelque soit votre niveau. Enfin, il y a également quelques conseils en matière de nutrition, un chapitre sur les blessures, etc.Je n'ai pas encore testé la méthode mais je m'entraîne de façon très similaire et je pense qu'il s'agit d'une approche sérieuse et efficace de l'entraînement. D'ailleurs, à en lire les témoignages sur le net, nombreuses sont les personnes satisfaites de la méthode.Bref, je recommande !

I competed at the cross country state championships whilst in high school. I always ran 3 days a week because I trained too intensely to do more. This book confirmed all of my natural instincts & the cross training allows me to recover ever faster than simply resting. Super effective for overall health & fitness.One important disagreement is about their recommended diet, it is based on outdated & false information & is not based on the latest research.For optimum health & perfomance a paleolithic ketogenic diet of organic & grass fed animal fats, moderate amounts of organic animal protein, & no carbs except leafy green vegetables is best. The latest research confirms this.The first principals way of thinking always leads to this conclusion: the original human diet for over a million years was primarily wild organic animals with heaps of fat, such as woolly mammoths. A caveman would definitely not trim off all the fat with a flint stone & throw it away, it is commonsense and backed by research that they ate everything they could - especially all the delicious, nutritious & energy dense fats.For all the information, the best book on this topic is “primal fat burner” By Nora T. Gedgaudas, CNS, CNT.