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Title: Best Training Book Post by: Jeff Linger 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?
Title: Re: Best Training Book Post by: Cameron Clarke 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 Title: Re: Best Training Book Post by: Sean Sundwall on October 23, 2008, 10:28:05 am Advanced Marathoning - Pfitzinger
Daniels's Running Formula I have both...they are fantastic Title: Re: Best Training Book Post by: Benn Griffin 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! Title: Re: Best Training Book Post by: Eric Day 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. Title: Re: Best Training Book Post by: Benn Griffin on November 07, 2008, 04:52:07 am I'm reading Karnazes 50:50 right now. It's absolutely amazing :)
Title: Re: Best Training Book Post by: Steve Morrin 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.
Title: Re: Best Training Book Post by: Eric Day 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.
Title: Re: Best Training Book Post by: David S 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 (http://stores.socaldata.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=DRYS&Product_Code=B12&Category_Code=BK001) Title: Re: Best Training Book Post by: Paul Petersen 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.
Title: Re: Best Training Book Post by: Burt McCumber on February 11, 2009, 04:25:52 pm Paul, like that would ever come in handy.
Title: Re: Best Training Book Post by: Paul Petersen 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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