About this title: Hudson enables self-coached runners to do for themselves what top coaches do for their athletes: custom tailor their training plans. With Hudson's guidance, runners can avoid injury, train smarter, and more effectively--and will soon run faster than they'd probably ever thought possible.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Broadway Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780767928229ISBN:0767928229
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Broadway Books
Date Published: 2008-07-29
ISBN-13:9780767928229ISBN:0767928229
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Broadway
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780767928229ISBN:0767928229
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780767928229ISBN:0767928229
Description: New. Hudson enables self-coached runners to do for themselves what top coaches do for their athletes: custom tailor their training plans. With Hudson's guidance, runners can avoid injury, train smarter, and more effectively--and will soon run faster than... read more
"B+ Some good stuff if you want to coach running or really train seriously; a lot of the stuff gets VERY technical and formulaic and it doesn't seem geared towards the average runner. I'm an obsessive runner and found it a bit much at times. Some great workout ideas and information."
"I don't know whether to put this as "read" or "currently-reading", because I keep picking it up and re-reading bits of it. I have been incorporating the principles outlined in this book into my training for about three weeks now, and (so far) I love it. What I love about it is that it is not a "do this exactly this way" program, but "here are the principles to build your program on" program. Maybe it requires more thought than the running programs which tell you exactly how far and how hard to run each day, but I actually prefer to figure out each week how I'm going to arrange my workouts based on what else is going on and what I seem to be lagging in.
I suppose the real proof will be in my next race, though. Stay tuned."
"Great concepts, boring read. I'd like to just transplant all the info into my head without having to read it. I do like the ideas he presents about making your own plan however."
"Former-runner-turned-running-coach Brad Hudson details his coaching technique in "Run Faster". Hudson's team, based in beautiful Eugene, trains in his adaptive running technique, which is intimately detailed in "Run Faster". Hudson offers a handful of training maxims, but the strength of his program is not in rules but in the flexibility of training that leads to adaptive success. Contrary to many programs for runners on the market, adaptive running encourages you to find what works for you as a runner and run (pun intended) with it. He advocates a balance between aerobic work, neuromuscular training, and specific-endurance runs. Each of these three categories of training sessions should have a place in your training and their importance and prevalance changes as your training progesses towards a peak race.
Hudson brings a wealth of experience to the table, coaching multiple world-class runners including Dathan Ritzenheim and the Culpeppers. His program is both refreshing and intimidating. Because of the importance of personal input that the system requires to create a personalized training program, adaptive running could be off-putting to some runners. It does require an investment, to meticulously observe your tendencies and responses, but Hudson promises that your efforts will pay off in the long run (haha).
I am excited to introduce some of the adaptive running techniques into my training program. While I am not anywhere near the level of competition that Hudson is primarily aiming his book towards, it seems readily apparent that this program can help runners of all levels increase their speed.
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