Reddit reviews The Science of Running: How to find your limit and train to maximize your performance

Science

• The Science of Running by Steve Magness, published 2014
  
• Anything by Alex Hutchinson. He has 2 books (one just came out this month) and writes/has written columns in Runner's World, Outside Online, Globe and Mail, among others. His stuff is typically more along the lines of "interesting stuff studies show" not really a global picture of how to train.
  
• Various books by Matt Fitzgerald
  
  Training
  
  
• Daniels' Running Formula by Jack Daniels. The 3rd edition is from 2013.
  
  
• Faster Road Racing: 5K to Half Marathon by Pete Pfitzinger. The 2nd edition is from 2014.
  
• Again, various books by Matt Fitzgerald.

Running for My Life-Lopez Lomong Amazing true story from being one of the Lost Boys of Sudan to Olympian.

Running with the Buffaloes-Chris Lear A look inside one of the countries premier cross country programs

Two Hours-Ed Caesar History of modern marathoning and the quest to go under 2 hours.

The Science of Running-Steve Magness For if you want to take your training to the next level!

Sure thing!

First, here's his book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Science-Running-maximize-performance/dp/0615942946/ref=tmm_pap_title_0

He also has a blog online - he coaches professional athletes and he is the Head Distance Coach at University of Houston. Here's his blog http://www.scienceofrunning.com/

On his blog he posts a lot of what is in his book but his book is obviously more organized and makes it easy to understand.