Day-by-Day Training Advice for Serious Marathoners (press release)

July 2008 from press release (Champaign, IL) Finishing a marathon might be enough for some runners, but not for serious marathoners. The updated second edition of Advanced Marathoning (Human Kinetics, December 2008), written by two-time Olympic marathoner Pete Pfitzinger and coauthor Scott Douglas, offers competitive runners the training tools they need in order to excel in a marathon.

"Many runners aren't content with saying, 'I finished,'" says Pfitzinger. "Competing in a marathon, as opposed to completing the distance without regard for time, requires thorough, intelligent preparation."

Pfitzinger and Douglas know what it takes to compete in a marathon and stress the importance of understanding the training process. According to Pfitzinger, understanding why certain training runs are needed will help marathoners stick with their program and prepare them to assess the progress made toward their marathon goals.

The updated second edition of Advanced Marathoning offers the most up-to-date methods for training runs and programs for weekly distance goals. The book also offers the latest information on supplemental training, nutrition and hydration, and tapering for peak performance.

For more information on Advanced Marathoning or other running resources, visit www.HumanKinetics.com or call 1-800-747-4457.

ABOUT THE BOOK
Advanced Marathoning, 2nd Edition
Peter D. Pfitzinger, Scott M. Douglas
Available December 2008 · Paperback · Approx. 288 pp
ISBN 978-0-7360-7460-5 · $19.95

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Pete Pfitzinger ran in the 1984 and 1988 Olympic marathons, both times finishing as the top American. With a personal best of 2:11:43, Pfitzinger is a two-time winner of the San Francisco Marathon and placed third in the 1987 New York City Marathon. He was ranked the top American marathoner in 1984 by Track Field News, and he is a member of the Road Runners Club of America's Hall of Fame. Currently the chief executive of the New Zealand Academy of Sport in Auckland, he has written all or parts of two other books on running and was a senior writer for Running Times from 1997 to 2007, in which his popular column, "The Pfitzinger Lab Report," appeared.

Scott Douglas is a freelance writer and editor with more than 15 years of professional journalism experience related to running. A former editor of Running Times, he is a regular contributor to Runner's World and Running Times and has coauthored four books on running, including two with running legend Bill Rodgers.

CONTENTS
Part I
Chapter 1 . Guidelines for Advanced Marathoning
Chapter 2. Elements of Training
Chapter 3 . Nutrition and Hydration
Chapter 4. Balancing Training and Recovery
Chapter 5 . Supplemental Training
Chapter 6. Tapering for Peak Performance
Chapter 7 . Race-Day Strategy

Part II
Chapter 8 . Following the Training Schedules
Chapter 9. One Marathon on up to 55 Miles per Week
Chapter 10 . One Marathon on 55 to 70 Miles per Week
Chapter 11. One Marathon on 70 to 85 Miles per Week
Chapter 12 . One Marathon on More Than 85 Miles per Week
Chapter 13. Multiple Marathoning

For more information, an excerpt, review copy, or author interview, contact: Patty Lehn