10K & 5K Running, Training & Racing: The Running Pyramid

A five step program for successful racing at 10 and 5 kilometers...the two most popular race distances. Run up the training pyramid with these five steps. One. Build mileage and aerobic base while maintaining legspeed with fartlek running. Two. Run hills and other resistance training and use strength training to build your running muscles. Three. Turn this strength into speed endurance with anaerobic threshold running at 15K race pace. Four. Further improve running efficiency and your VO2 max by running intervals at 2 mile to 5K race pace. Five. Race Peaking. Resting and special speed sessions to reach the peak of your pyramid. 60 pages of training schedules for 20 to 100 miles per week; for the less intense to the serious racers.

Lifetime runner with bests of 31.16 for 10K and 15.18 for 5K, David Holt has been advising runers for 15 years. The training pyramid brings logic and science together to help you avoid too much speedwork or too many slow miles which can ruin your racing.

Former Portsmouth and Yeovil (both southern England), and current Santa Barbara, CA runner Holt has raced in Europe and the United States; has run with national champions from both continents, and brings you their wisdom.