Post-Marathon training

[Cameron Clarke]

After finishing SGM this year, I'm looking to really improve my training and run a BQ next summer in Salt Lake.  I am thinking that I should buy some marathoning or running books.  I'll be doing some 10ks and maybe half-marathons too, so I thought about getting Daniel's Running Formula for training for less than a marathon, and then getting another book that focuses more on marathon training.  Good idea or bad idea?

[Benn Griffin]

Congrats on running your marathon! As for training books, I like Gordon Bloch's How to Train For and Run Your Best Marathon. The emphasis in his program is on time.. minutes rather than miles.  ANother book I also used before was Marathon Training for Dummies, though I like Bloch's programs much more. Hope this helps.

[Carolyn Herlin]

I just read Run Faster From the 5K to the Marathon by Brad Hudson. I haven't implemented it through a whole training cycle yet, but I think it's a good one.

[Jon Allen]

Take a look at this post:
http://fastrunningblog.com/forum/index.php/topic,355.0.html

I still like Pfitzinger's Advanced Marathoning the best.

[AndyBrowning]

I'll second Jon's recommendation of Advanced Marathoning by Pete Pfitzinger.

[Cameron Clarke]

Thanks guys, I bought the Advanced Marathoning book and got Daniel's Running Formula from our library. They have Once A Runner, but it's on interlibrary loan, and I don't know when it'll be back.

I'm still looking for "Sasha's Running Guide" though.