Run your first marathon or your fastest with Hansons Marathon
Method, the revolutionary training program from one of the best running
teams in the world, the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project.
In Hansons Marathon Method, the coaches of the Hansons-Brooks Distance
Project reveal their innovative marathon training program that has
helped thousands of runners become true marathoners and smash their
personal bests.
Hansons Marathon Method tosses out mega-long runs and high-mileage
weekends--two old-fashioned running traditions that often injure and
discourage runners. Runners using the Hansons method will gradually
build up to the moderate-high mileage required for marathon success,
spreading those miles more sensibly throughout the week. Running easy
days mixed with precisely paced speed, strength, and tempo workouts,
runners will steel their bodies and minds to run the hardest final miles
of the marathon--and finish strong.
In this new second edition, the Hansons program welcomes newer runners
with a new Just Finish program featuring a simple schedule of easier
running and lower mileage. The Just Finish program sets up first-time
marathoners for an enjoyable marathon and a lifetime of strong, healthy
running.
Hansons Marathon Method will prepare you for your best marathon:
- Sensible weekly mileage based on science, not outdated traditions
- Effective Hansons speed, strength, and tempo workouts paced to achieve
your goal
- Crucial nutrition and hydration guidelines to run strong for the whole
race
- A smart and simple Just Finish program for new runners and marathon
first-timers
- Detailed training schedules for experienced and advanced marathoners
This revised second edition answers frequently asked questions, shows
how to integrate flexibility and strength work into your training week,
and shares the most effective recovery methods. Using the Hansons'
innovative approach, you will mold real marathon muscles, train your
body to avoid the wall, and finish strong.
Hansons Marathon Method lays out the smartest marathon training
program available from one of the most accomplished running groups in
the world. Using their innovative approach, runners will mold real
marathon muscles, train their body to never hit the wall, and prepare to
run their fastest marathon.
"You might expect a training program devised by the Hanson brothers to
be a little different than the usual rehashing of principles and
schedules. Given the success of athletes from the Hansons-Brooks
Distance Project, you wouldn't be surprised if it was effective, too."
-- Runner's World
