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Jeff Linger
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« on: October 20, 2008, 11:07:30 am »

For those of you who have read a number of training books .... which book do you think is currently the best one on the market?
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Cameron Clarke
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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2008, 04:13:35 pm »

Well, what do you want to run?

Here's a good thread about running books too:

http://fastrunningblog.com/forum/index.php/topic,355.0.html
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Sean Sundwall
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« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2008, 10:28:05 am »

Advanced Marathoning - Pfitzinger
Daniels's Running Formula

I have both...they are fantastic
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Benn Griffin
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« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2008, 04:57:25 am »

I've heard Daniel's Running Formula is good, but I am partial to an older Minutes-based approach:

How to Train for and Run Your Best Marathon, by Gordon Bakoulis Bloch (1993), New York: Simon and Schuster. I am in the middle of using one of her buildup plans to get to 6 hours of running a week. Then I will use another schedule for a marathon buildup next year. This works well and takes a lot of pressure off of "trying to get the miles in". The miles come, but its the emphasis on total aerobic minutes that sealed the deal for me!
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« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2008, 12:01:14 pm »

I just got "Lore of Running" by Timothy Noakes and find it very complete. I recommend it very much.
It covers from simple races to longer ones. Also got Daniels Running Formula, but its a bit to advanced for me yet. Maybe in a year or two I could really get into it.
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« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2008, 04:52:07 am »

I'm reading Karnazes 50:50 right now. It's absolutely amazing Smiley
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« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2008, 11:19:59 am »

I'm in the middle of reading Run Faster by Brad Hudson. It is a really good book. He talks about a lot of concepts that I've never thought about before.
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« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2008, 04:22:33 pm »

Just got my wife he book "Complete Book of Running for Women" by Claire Kowalchik. I hope she likes it.

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« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2009, 01:59:09 pm »

I highly recommend Explosive Running.  This book really helped me on my form and mechanics.  He uses stop-action photography of runners to show optimum running form.  There is also a plethora of information on running specific exercises that I have not seen elsewhere.
http://stores.socaldata.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=DRYS&Product_Code=B12&Category_Code=BK001
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Paul Petersen
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« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2009, 02:56:25 pm »

"Sam's Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 21 Days" was quite good. And "Getting to Know ArcObjects" is excellent. Very good training manuals.

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Burt McCumber
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« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2009, 04:25:52 pm »

Paul, like that would ever come in handy.
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« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2009, 04:41:22 pm »

Well, true VB 6 is completely obsolete now, but I still use the principles since it was my first language. So it has come in handy for me anyway.
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