Run Like a Pro (Even If You're Slow)

Elite Tools and Tips for Runners at Every Level

By: Matt Fitzgerald, Ben Rosario

Narrated by: Ryan Lee Dunlap, Chris Berger

Cutting-edge advice on how to achieve your personal best, for everyone from casual runners to ultramarathoners.

In 80/20 Running, respected running and fitness expert Matt Fitzgerald introduced his revolutionary training program and explained why doing 80 percent of runs at a lower intensity and just 20 percent at a higher intensity is the best way for runners at all levels--as well as cyclists, triathletes, and even weight-loss seekers--to improve their performance.

Now, in this eye-opening follow-up, Fitzgerald teams with Olympic coach Ben Rosario to expand and update the 80/20 program to include ultramarathon training and such popular developments as the use of power meters.

New research has bolstered the case that the 80/20 method is in fact that most effective way to train for distance running and other endurance sports. Run Like a Pro (Even If You’re Slow) shows readers how to take the best practices in elite running and adopt them within the limits of their own ability, lifestyle, and budget.


* This audiobook contains a downloadable bonus PDF of useful exercise images and includes all training plans from the book.

Critic reviews

Praise for Run Like a Pro (Even If You're Slow)

“The training of an elite marathoner can seem mysterious to the majority of runners; this book is an excellent inside look into the ways the pros prepare physically and mentally to compete at their best. Every runner can apply these lessons to their own training in order to reach their next level.”--Molly Seidel, Olympic Marathon Bronze Medalist

“Fitzgerald and Rosario make a perfect team, distilling decades of in-the-trenches experience into clear and practical advice that any runner who wants to get better can (and should) apply.”--Alex Hutchinson, author of Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

Great book! Very practical!

I’m going to strive to use the information here and see if they can transform my running.

absolutely love this book!

Absolutely love this book! it's super helpful and easy to follow. if you're looking for getting the next level of running you'll find it in there!

Great running book

If you are at all interested in improving your running this is your book. I always learn something new from Matt in each of his books.

State of the (Running) Art

State of the art information for serious runners which, I confess, I am not. Nevertheless, I learned several key principles that I will be applying in my far less serious running efforts. The information is supported by lots of engaging stories of real runners. Thank you for a wonderful book.

Detailed

Great audio book. I'd just rather have the author read it but that's just a personal preference