Luke Humphrey – författare

"Now with a Just Finish plan for new runners!"--Front cover.

Written by the coaches of the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project, this book reveals the marathon training programme they've used to turn their runners into race winners, national champions and Olympians. It can help prepare intermediate and competitive half-marathoners for their best performance.

Run your first marathon or your fastest with Hansons Marathon Method, the revolutionary training program from one of the best running teams in the world, the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project.In Hansons Marathon Method, the coaches of the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project reveal their innovative marathon training program that has helped thousands of runners become true marathoners and smash their personal bests. Hansons Marathon Method tosses out mega-long runs and high-mileage weekends--two old-fashioned running traditions that often injure and discourage runners. Runners using the Hansons method will gradually build up to the moderate-high mileage required for marathon success, spreading those miles more sensibly throughout the week. Running easy days mixed with precisely paced speed, strength, and tempo workouts, runners will steel their bodies and minds to run the hardest final miles of the marathon--and finish strong. In this new second edition, the Hansons program welcomes newer runners with a new Just Finish program featuring a simple schedule of easier running and lower mileage. The Just Finish program sets up first-time marathoners for an enjoyable marathon and a lifetime of strong, healthy running. Hansons Marathon Method will prepare you for your best marathon:Sensible weekly mileage based on science, not outdated traditionsEffective Hansons speed, strength, and tempo workouts paced to achieve your goalCrucial nutrition and hydration guidelines to run strong for the whole raceA smart and simple Just Finish program for new runners and marathon first-timersDetailed training schedules for experienced and advanced marathonersThis revised second edition answers frequently asked questions, shows how to integrate flexibility and strength work into your training week, and shares the most effective recovery methods. Using the Hansons'' innovative approach, you will mold real marathon muscles, train your body to avoid the wall, and finish strong. Hansons Marathon Method lays out the smartest marathon training program available from one of the most accomplished running groups in the world. Using their innovative approach, runners will mold real marathon muscles, train their body to never hit the wall, and prepare to run their fastest marathon."You might expect a training program devised by the Hanson brothers to be a little different than the usual rehashing of principles and schedules. Given the success of athletes from the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project, you wouldn''t be surprised if it was effective, too." -- Runner''s World

El proyecto hanson-brooks de corredores de fondo ha barrido el panorama del atletismo de EE.UU. como un huracán, convirtiéndose su grupo en uno de los equipos de atletismo de mayor éxito. Proyecto conocido por su talento irreverente y por una carrera larga de 25,6 kilómetros muy poco convencionales, los miembros de este equipo han subido al podio en los maratones más grandes de Estados Unidos y han accedido al equipo olímpico estadounidense. Ahora puedes aprender los secretos de este equipo y rendir a ritmo de récord personal en tu próximo maratón. Por medio de la combinación de ciencia y práctica, el Método Hanson de entrenamiento para Maratón se inicia teniendo tu meta en mente y preparando el cuerpo para los duros kilómetros finales de un maratón, todo ello mediante:● Carreras largas de menor kilometraje que dan prioridad a la calidad sobre la cantidad.● Sesiones de velocidad, sesiones de fuerza y carreras cronometradas centradas en conseguir el ritmo marcado.● Pautas cruciales para la nutrición e hidratación con el fin de no tocar techo durante el maratón.● Planes detallados de entrenamiento para corredores principiantes y de nivel avanzando.Los entrenadores Keith y Kevin Hanson rompen con las viejas reglas y se adentran en terreno desconocido, eso sí, combinando ciencia y estrategia para que todos los corredores hagan su mejor carrera. Su método, expuesto en términos claros y de fácil comprensión, te dota de los conocimientos, los medios y los planes de entrenamiento que necesitas para correr tu mejor maratón y conseguir el récord personal que habías soñado.