Aimed at dedicated runners looking to improve performance in these race distances. Offers runners a breakthrough system that synchronises energy levels with training effort, showing how to choose the most effective workouts based on the body's capacity to perform. Provides more control over the training process, allowing runners to remain injury free while increasing energy available for workouts. Will appeal to runners who want an intuitive system that can be customised to suit individual fitness levels and training requirements.
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""""Brian Clarke takes complex training systems and makes them easy to understand. His many tables and charts will guide you to your best training paces and recovery efforts, and guarantee that you find your personal best training program."""
Amby Burfoot
Executive Editor, "Runner's World" magazine
Winner, 1968 Boston Marathon
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Amby Burfoot
Executive Editor, "Runner's World" magazine
Winner, 1968 Boston Marathon
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Brian Clarke has more than 30 years experience of coaching runners in training and racing, as well as directing running and conducting training programmes, clinics and camps for the past 20 years. He is currently the director of the Brian Clarke School of Running and Island Triathlon Training Inc.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have two gundogs at home. When they are about to be fed, or if they are going to receive a tasty treat, they begin to get excited and bounce around.
I had the same sort of reaction when I opened Brian Clarke's book on training for my two favourite events, the 5k. and the 10k., and I was not disappointed. This is a "must read" if you want to be a more competitive runner.
Runners who are readers will know that there have been many books published on training for the marathon, and in the last few years there has been a greater emphasis on ultramarathon and extreme running events. However, Brian Clarke's book focuses solely on these two shorter events, both of which demand speed and endurance in order for the runner to be competitive at both distances. Clarke gives a nod to slower runners and joggers, but I need to be honest; this book is aimed principally at the competitive athlete who wants an improved performance when racing these distances.
Clarke uses objective criteria to work out the training plan and the level of exertion required; a heart rate monitor is essential so that work rate and the level of exertion can be measured accurately. Using objective criteria, training is categorised into six bands, (from mild to maximum, one level beyond "ragged edge"). Clarke makes two assumptions: that the athlete is willing and able to do the planning so that the correct schedule is designed, and that the runner has the time and the ability to execute the programme.
However, in addition to using pure data, Clarke focuses on the energy level required for the training. This is what makes this book so engaging; there is an acceptance that our body needs abundant energy to perform at its peak, and if sufficient energy is not there then the schedule has to be amended so that the level of stress is reduced.
Clarke takes the reader through the various programmes required to be the complete package on race day, with tailored plans and logs to chart your progress.
In summary, it's a great book and one to which I shall refer constantly for guidance on my training and racing. Clarke makes it clear that there are no easy options, but like so much in life, the investment produces the rewards.
I had the same sort of reaction when I opened Brian Clarke's book on training for my two favourite events, the 5k. and the 10k., and I was not disappointed. This is a "must read" if you want to be a more competitive runner.
Runners who are readers will know that there have been many books published on training for the marathon, and in the last few years there has been a greater emphasis on ultramarathon and extreme running events. However, Brian Clarke's book focuses solely on these two shorter events, both of which demand speed and endurance in order for the runner to be competitive at both distances. Clarke gives a nod to slower runners and joggers, but I need to be honest; this book is aimed principally at the competitive athlete who wants an improved performance when racing these distances.
Clarke uses objective criteria to work out the training plan and the level of exertion required; a heart rate monitor is essential so that work rate and the level of exertion can be measured accurately. Using objective criteria, training is categorised into six bands, (from mild to maximum, one level beyond "ragged edge"). Clarke makes two assumptions: that the athlete is willing and able to do the planning so that the correct schedule is designed, and that the runner has the time and the ability to execute the programme.
However, in addition to using pure data, Clarke focuses on the energy level required for the training. This is what makes this book so engaging; there is an acceptance that our body needs abundant energy to perform at its peak, and if sufficient energy is not there then the schedule has to be amended so that the level of stress is reduced.
Clarke takes the reader through the various programmes required to be the complete package on race day, with tailored plans and logs to chart your progress.
In summary, it's a great book and one to which I shall refer constantly for guidance on my training and racing. Clarke makes it clear that there are no easy options, but like so much in life, the investment produces the rewards.
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Don't Waste Your Money On This Book
29 April 2006
By A Runner
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Format:Paperback
So exactly how much research has the author actually performed on 5K and 10K training?
"Many readers have asked me whether I research my books. I don't research them as much as I think about how to solve various problems. My thinking is inseparable from my writing and I NEVER (emphasis added) research what others have said on a topic while I'm writing."
Swear to God, the above quote is the first paragraph in the author's Acknowledgemnts.
That self-acknowledged lack of research will immediately become painfully obvious to even the most casual 5K or 10K runner who somehow happens to be unfortunate enough to accidently purchase this book.
Don't do it.
"Many readers have asked me whether I research my books. I don't research them as much as I think about how to solve various problems. My thinking is inseparable from my writing and I NEVER (emphasis added) research what others have said on a topic while I'm writing."
Swear to God, the above quote is the first paragraph in the author's Acknowledgemnts.
That self-acknowledged lack of research will immediately become painfully obvious to even the most casual 5K or 10K runner who somehow happens to be unfortunate enough to accidently purchase this book.
Don't do it.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Useless book.
29 Nov 2006
By Zorandinho
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
I agree with other reader about lack of any scientific backing of author's claims. He is going on and on about your "energy" and doesn't give you any actual advices about running.
12 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb
25 Feb 2006
By George Beinhorn
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
I've read every popular book on training for distance runners since 1970 - and many that were published before that. I worked at Runner's World 1972-76; I mention this only because I hope it will lend weight to what I'd like to say about Brian Clarke's <5K and 10K Training>: simply, that it's the best book on the subject I've ever read. No one has talked intelligently about training from the perspective of how a runner <feels> during his/her workouts. Clarke does this wonderfully well, with relaxed and thorough common sense. Most books on training are much too broad - the training programs they offer make sense, but they don't tell you how to adjust them to your specific, individual needs - which change continually according to your present level of fitness, fatigue, sleep patterns, diet, the weather, etc. Clarke explains, with unprecedented clarity, how to take any program, including his, and put your body's needs in first place. As he explains, this is extremely important, because not to do so - applying rigid training plans regardless of your body's messages - is the fastest way to get in trouble. This is a great, modest, readable, extremely helpful book. Thanks, Brian.
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