Marathon Roadmap: The Vegetarian Guide to Completing Your First 26.2

by Matt Frazier

This comprehensive 117-page guidebook will be your best friend during your marathon training. It’s packed with gems of training tips, techniques, and expert information that most training plans leave out.

Here's what you'll find inside your guidebook:

Your Marathon Training Guide
Your Diet
Race Day

117 pages, ebook

About the author

Matt Frazier is a vegan ultramarathoner and founder of the No Meat Athlete movement.

Frazier shares training tips and vegetarian recipes on his site, No Meat Athlete. When he's not running, cooking, or blogging, Frazier's a full-time graduate student working on his Ph.D. in applied math. He also enjoys reading, gambling, music, and brewing beer. Frazier lives in Maryland with his wife and son.

Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helpful, easy-to-read guide that made me more excited to run my first marathon.

[Jim Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the book, I followed the plan, I ran my first full Marathon (the day before my 44th birthday). That earns it five stars as far as I'm concerned.

[Bindu Upadhyay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Practical advice, short and quick read. Let's see how much of this goes into practice :D

[Elizabeth Erickson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helpful, easy-to-read guide that made me more excited to run my first marathon.

[Franzi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing read! Even when you are running for quiet some time. I am stocked to go vegan for a while and I hope this is the last inspiration tip I need to finally keep at it. From having done a few bigger races already I know that all tips are of high value given by Matt.
This was an inspirational one day read. Plus it comes with some bonus print outs and interviews as well.

[Benjamin Torres · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a pretty complete and concise guide to a first marathon in a vegetarian diet. It clarified a lot of doubts I had and misconceptions, and I hope the advices are helpful and I am able to complete my first marathon this august. The thing I liked the most are de audio extras.

[Joanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has given me the confidence to run a full marathon--something I've always maintained I had no interest in. I bought it to help me train for a half marathon after the last one I ran didn't go so well (despite following my training plan pretty well). It covers everything you need to know--besides providing training plans for 5k, 10k, half, and full marathons, it also comes with a simple two week vegan meal plan. Full disclosure--I haven't tried any of the recipes yet. The most important resources are the ones you wouldn't think about if you didn't read this book. These are things like assessing your motivations, how to choose a race, running safely, dealing with injuries, and what to do on race day. I think my biggest complaint is the author says flat out he doesn't recommend counting carb-protein-fat ratios, but then later on gives specific ratio recommendations. e.g. It doesn't help to say chocolate milk is actually a bad recovery drink if you don't say what a GOOD recovery drink is. Also note: you could probably find MOST of the information in the book on the No Meat Athlete website, but it's not as neatly organized.