In SpeedRunner, celebrated running coach Pete Magill reveals his 4-8 week training plan to make any athlete into a faster runner-no matter the sport, age, gender, experience, or goals.
In every sport with running, the difference between the best and the rest is tenths of a second. In running, marathon, track and field, football, soccer, basketball, baseball-simple leg speed makes champions. By targeting the neuromuscular system and strengthening muscle and connective tissues, Magill's SpeedRunner program builds speed, strength, agility, coordination, balance, proprioception, and explosive power so athletes can excel.
Magill developed his SpeedRunner program over decades of experience coaching road running and cross country clubs to 19 USA Track and Field National Masters Championships. As a 5-time USA Masters Cross Country Runner of the Year and multiple American and world age-group record holder himself, Magill is proof that his training methods are effective.
Over the first four weeks of the SpeedRunner program, you'll focus on acceleration, top speed, strength, agility, and energy systems while building the core strength required to support high leg speed. Magill then offers two-week and four-week core strength plans, speed only training, and maintenance sessions to keep your high-end speed. The plans balance training volume and intensity with recovery to ensure rapid, injury-free gains with supplementary work to amplify and maintain your new leg speed and agility.
The bottom line: The ability to run well is a fundamental skill required for success in any sport that includes running. SpeedRunner can transform your running performance.
Industry Reviews
"When Pete Magill talks, smart runners listen." --Scott Douglas, Runner's World senior content editor
"Whether you're just starting out as a runner or starting afresh, you can do no better than heed the guidance of running's ultimate comeback kid, Pete Magill." --Matt Fitzgerald, author of How Bad Do You Want It? and Racing Weight
"Do what Pete says and you're sure to run stronger, healthier, and faster." --Amby Burfoot, 1968 Boston Marathon winner, Runner's World editor at large
"Build Your Running Body represents something new and needed in sports literature. This is the 'right stuff' for runners who want to get faster, enjoy running more, and stay injury-free for a lifetime." --Bill Rodgers, four-time winner of both the New York City and Boston marathons
"[Build Your Running Body is] an informative, friendly guide that all runners can grow with and will likely return to over time." --Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Build Your Running Body is the most useful, info-packed, and comprehensive training manual I've ever read. Coaches will find it invaluable, and runners of all levels will use it as a complete guide to reaching their goals." --Amby Burfoot, 1968 Boston Marathon winner and Runner's World editor-at-large
"Build Your Running Body is nothing short of the Unified Theory of Running...This book covers it all." --Ken Stone, founder and editor of MastersTrack.com
"I've said it before, and I'm saying it again: If you want to run faster, do what Pete Magill says. It's that simple." --Scott Douglas, Runner's World contributing editor, author or co-author of 7 running books, including Meb for Mortals and Advanced Marathoning
