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Find the plan that works best for you from the detailed day-by-day training schedules by choosing between eighteen- and twelve-week preparation and selecting weekly distances of fifty-five, fifty-five to seventy, seventy to eighty-five, or eighty-five-plus miles. If you run marathons close together, you'll find six- to twelve-week training plans to maximize your training time and recovery. For older marathoners, there is a full chapter dedicated to their unique training, nutrition, and recovery needs. Complement your running workouts with strength, core, and flexibility exercises to help keep injury at bay. Learn how current technologies such as GPS and online logs can help you analyze your training and performance and set goals for future races. Draw inspiration and insights from elite marathoners such as Galen Rupp, Eliud Kipchoge, and Molly Huddle. Implement cutting-edge nutrition and hydration strategies and recovery techniques to feel and run your best. Advanced Marathoning gives ambitious marathoners the information needed to train smarter, remain injury-free, and cross the next finish line stronger and faster than ever.

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Pete Pfitzinger was the top American finisher in the 1984 and 1988 Olympic marathons. With a personal best of 2:11:43, he 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. Pfitzinger has over thirty years of experience coaching marathon runners to achieve their goals. He is also coauthor of Faster Road Racing. Scott Douglas is a contributing editor for Runner's World and the author of the New York Times bestseller Meb for Mortals and Advanced Marathoning, among other books. He has written about running for Slate, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, and other outlets, and has run more than 100,000 miles since taking up the sport in 1979. He lives in South Portland, Maine. Patrick Lawlor, an award-winning narrator, is also an accomplished stage actor, director, and combat choreographer. He has worked extensively off Broadway and has been an actor and stuntman in both film and television. He has been an Audie Award finalist multiple times and has garnered several AudioFile Earphones Awards, a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award, and many starred audio reviews from Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews.

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