Reddit reviews The Complete Book of Running

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-Running-James-Fixx/dp/0394411595 is one of the finest books that's ever been written about running, it's also one of the first popular mainstream ones. There are definitely some parts that are a little... dated... (he comments how the studies on cigarettes effects on health isn't completed yet) But it's still a very good book with a really nice description of the Boston Marathon throughout the 1970s.

If you’re a fan of sweat elite, I could also recommend you look to the NOP (I know, unpopular opinion) training logs, it’s quite the opposite. Their sample week is something like . Additionally, training for a marathon, and training more specifically for 10-mi and down are two different things.

Also, the easy pace isn’t an indicator of race performance, obviously. It’s an indicator of ability to handle work volume (see Daniels , Hansons , Heinonen & Heinonen , Fixx , and especially Noakes ), which actually supports your statement about the intersection between speed and endurance (threshold runs, tempo-oriented intervals, etc - is at least what I’m assuming you’re talking about).

Furthermore, as I stated in an above comment, this is casual pace. I could tape a one-person podcast at these paces. Granted, because I’m running the audio quality wouldn’t be that great; but these paces feel like a trot. I’m painfully bored, and barely exerting. I’m never above an 11RPE on the 6-20 scale.

Thank you for the notes and article recommendation, though.

EDIT: All About Road Racing link addition.

This book sold millions and was the reason for the fad:

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-Running-James-Fixx/dp/0394411595

Good luck