Fast 5K: 25 Crucial Keys and 4 Training Plans

Name: Fast 5K: 25 Crucial Keys and 4 Training Plans
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Rating: 4.5 (326 reviews)
Author: Pete Magill

by Pete Magill

Nonfiction Self Help

4.5 (326)

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Perfect for you if...

You've run a 5K before and want to know exactly what separates a decent time from a personal record.
You're willing to follow structured workouts (tempo runs, VO2 max intervals, hill repeats) if someone credible explains why they work.
You care about practical details like racing weight, shoe choice, and injury prevention alongside the actual training.

Maybe not for you if...

You're a complete beginner looking for permission to just go out and run without a plan.
You prefer narrative or memoir over tactical instruction and prefer prose to workout tables.
You're training for marathon distance or ultrarunning and need advice beyond 5K-specific fitness.

About this book

Fast 5K presents 25 crucial keys to running a faster 5K race, along with four training plans. Coach Pete Magill draws on experience leading 19 teams to USA national championships and setting multiple American and world age-group and masters records. The 25 keys cover optimal training mileage, tempo runs, VO2 max workouts, hill repeats, plyometrics, injury prevention, recovery strategies, diet and racing weight guidance, and racing flat selection. The book includes three 12-week training plans and one 16-week training plan. Magill holds multiple American and world age-group records in track and field and road racing, and is a 5-time USA Masters Cross Country Runner of the Year.

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Currently around #72K in the Kindle store — a steady mid-list seller. Climbing the charts — 31% improvement recently.

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Currently 4.5★ from 326 reviews

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