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Ultramarathon Training
The main section of the book gives fun runners and ambitious runners alike a knowledgeable introduction, enabling them to draw up a structured training plan for the ultra distances. Runners are provided with plans for 50km 100km, 24hr and multi-day races and shown how to achieve these performances. They are shown that the training required is also possible for interested Marathon runners, and is not so very different from good Marathon training. They are given information on correct nutrition, orthopedic problems, typical injuries and even mental training, thus providing an optimal preparation for successful ultra running. The book ends with tips on equipment, a bibliography and useful internet links. As well as these training aspects, the book also gives an understanding of the fascination of this sport, bringing the scene to life with brief biographies of 10 top runners as well as selected running anecdotes.
239 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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April 25, 2013
To be fair, I ended up skimming through the majority of this book, mostly because, after reading the first couple chapters it was obvious that it was more a 'fluff intro' type of book than a detailed informational guide on how to train.
August 22, 2019
This is… not good.
It holds itself out as a guide to ultra marathon training but really much of the information here is incredibly superficial and provides little of value. The bulk of the volume is training plans spelled out in excruciating detail and the race information is more along the lines of looking at someone’s holiday photos rather than anything another athlete could look at and extrapolate from. The English version is also not terribly well translated from the original German - the whole book seems to have been literally translated word for word which means there are quite a lot of German idioms which just don’t work in English. Avoid.
It holds itself out as a guide to ultra marathon training but really much of the information here is incredibly superficial and provides little of value. The bulk of the volume is training plans spelled out in excruciating detail and the race information is more along the lines of looking at someone’s holiday photos rather than anything another athlete could look at and extrapolate from. The English version is also not terribly well translated from the original German - the whole book seems to have been literally translated word for word which means there are quite a lot of German idioms which just don’t work in English. Avoid.
November 7, 2020
It's a good.book but science in sports moves so fast that nothing is relevant that was just a fww years ago.
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