Most serious runners don't realize their potential. They simply stop getting faster and don't understand why. The reason is simple: most runners are unable to run by feel. The best elite runners have learned that the key to faster running is to hear what their bodies are telling them. Drawing on new research on endurance sports, best-selling author Matt Fitzgerald explores the practices of elite runners to explain why their techniques can be effective for all runners. RUN: The Mind-Body Me...

Cutting-edge advice on how to achieve your personal best, for everyone from casual runners to ultramarathoners.In 80/20 Running, respected running and fitness expert Matt Fitzgerald introduced his revolutionary training program and explained why doing 80 percent of runs at a lower intensity and just 20 percent at a higher intensity is the best way for runners at all levels--as well as cyclists, triathletes, and even weight-loss seekers--to improve their pe...

A breakthrough program for triathletes -- beginner, intermediate, and advanced -- showing how to balance training intensity to maximize performance -- from a fitness expert and elite coach.Cutting-edge research has proven that triathletes and other endurance athletes experience their greatest performance when they do 80 percent of their training at low intensity and the remaining 20 percent at moderate to high intensity. But the vast majority of recreational triath...

TRAIN EASIER TO RUN FASTERThis revolutionary training method has been embraced by elite runners—with extraordinary results—and now you can do it, too.Respected running and fitness expert Matt Fitzgerald explains how the 80/20 running program—in which you do 80 percent of runs at a lower intensity and just 20 percent at a higher intensity—is the best change runners of all abilities can make to improve their performance. With a thorough exami...

Based on new research in exercise physiology, author and running expert Matt Fitzgerald introduces a first-of-its-kind training strategy that he's named "Brain Training."Runners of all ages, backgrounds, and skill levels can learn to maximize their performance by supplying the brain with the right feedback. Based on Fitzgerald's eight-point brain training system, this book will help runners:- Resist running fatigue- Use cross-training as brain traini...

比賽勝負關鍵在於心理素質而不只是體能向頂尖運動員學習想贏的渴望、堅持到底的心理素質「本書會讓你用全新視角看待耐力運動，費茲傑羅的研究，也會幫助你成為自己的運動心理學家。」——知名耐力運動教練喬・福瑞（Joe Friel）★美國亞馬遜網站超過800則書評、4.5顆星好評面對比賽，想贏的渴望、堅持到底的心理素質，往往超越體能，成為比賽的致勝關鍵。本書作者麥特・費茲傑羅（Matt Fitzgerald）是一位運動作家，身兼記者、教練、運動營養學家等身分，已出版超過二十本書。他蒐集並分析實例，並結合科學研究，幫助讀者向頂尖運動員學習，進而鍛鍊自己的心理素質。作者爬梳運動表現的「心理生物學」模型，探討運動員如何運用強大心理素質克服體能極限。他引用鐵人三項、自行車、馬拉松、划船和游泳等耐力比賽的實例，帶領讀者回到無比刺激的賽事現場，重新檢視科學對於運動員內心的研究，以及一般人如何能打造強健的心理素質，順利跨越運動與人生的難關。他認...

The classic account of an unforgettable endurance test, now updated with a new introduction.The 1989 Ironman World Championship was the greatest race ever in endurance sports. In a spectacular duel that became known as the Iron War, the world's two strongest athletes raced side by side at world-record pace for a grueling 139 miles.Driven by one of the fiercest rivalries in triathlon, Dave Scott and Mark Allen raced shoulder to shoulder through Ironman's 2.4-m...

Learn how to run faster, unlock your potential, and reach peak performance with this practical guide featuring training advice from a former Olympic trials marathoner and coach to Olympians.“Reading this book can help take you to the next level and keep pushing you up as far and fast as you want to go.”—Sarah Toland, former NCAA All-American, USA National Cross-Country Team member, and Olympic Trials qualifier for the 5,000 and 10,000Brad H...

Exploring some of the most extraordinary moments from the history of endurance sports, this unique sports book shows how mental strength allows some athletes to perform at a level way beyond their physical limits – to will their body to do what was previously thought biologically impossible. Revealing habits and tactics you can use to cultivate your own mental strength, this unique book describes a new 'psychobiological' model of endurance performance connecting the mind, body and brain.

A definitive, empowering guide to building strength and achieving competitive success in the second half of life from renowned author and coach Matt FitzgeraldA revolution is happening in endurance sports. Athletes over age 50 are breaking records left and right by performing at levels that were unimaginable 10 years ago. They're improving faster than any other age category, closing the performance gap on the newer generation. Despite this, there is still a lack of...

In a battle for survival and self-acceptance, Matt Fitzgerald is willing to risk it all to outrun chronic illness.When sports journalist and bestselling author Matt Fitzgerald is struck by long COVID, his lifelong passion—running—becomes a distant memory, leaving him trapped in a failing body that simply won't cooperate. After authoring dozens of books and articles on athletes pushing the limits of human endurance, Fitzgerald is now forced to confront his own limit...

From basic tenets of training to nutrition guidelines,this is the first resource for runners to fully integrate nutrition with training for a complete and systematic pre-race plan. "A must for marathoners"(Library Journal).Every year, roughly 2 million people participate in marathons and half marathons in the United States, and, no matter what level they are, every one of these runners has likely hit "The Wall," running out of muscle fuel in the final mile...