Daniel Norton reviewed Advanced marathoning by Pete Pfitzinger
Review of 'Advanced marathoning' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
This is a great marathon training book, and I know several runners who have used the Pfitzinger plans to run their best marathons. I like his focus on pacing variations - lactate threshold, VO2 Max runs, general aerobic. Anyone who is serious about training needs to understand the physiological aspects of running, and Pfitzinger introduces those concepts very clearly.
As for me and my marathon training, I get bored with just running, so I'm picking and choosing some of the specific ideas from this book and mixing it into my own hybrid plan. I'm primarily basing my plan on the FIRST method (3 runs / 3 cross training days) and incorporating Pfitz's pacing strategies. Finger crossed.
