Book Review: Smart Marathon Training

Boulder, CO -  Old-school marathon training plans ask runners to crank out 70 to 100 miles a week. It's no wonder those who make
it to the start line are running ragged. A new book, Smart Marathon Training, maps out a healthier, more economical approach to training that
emphasizes quality over quantity. This innovative program eliminates junk miles, paring down training to three essential runs per week and adding a
dynamic strength and cross-training program to build overall fitness. Runners will train for their best performance in less time and avoid the
injuries, overtraining, and burnout that come from running too much. Smart Marathon Training is now available in bookstores, running shops, and online.
Preview the book at www.velopress.com/smart.

Smart Marathon Training builds up a runner's body to resist injury. Runners gain the strength they need to run long using functional exercises that
target the hips, glutes, and quads. Running is a full-body sport, so this training program also builds a strong core and upper body to avoid injuries
that begin above the waist. 

No one fakes a marathon or half-marathon-everyone has to do the work. But Smart Marathon Training replaces long, grinding miles with low-impact
cross-training. Horowitz outlines a cycling plan to complement run workouts, boosting base fitness while saving runners' bodies for their best runs. 

With more than 75 detailed exercises plus six easy-to-follow training plans for half- and full marathons, Smart Marathon Training will get runners to
the start line feeling refreshed and ready to run their best race yet.

Smart Marathon Training: Run Your Best Without Running Yourself Ragged Jeff Horowitz Paperback with illustrations and tables throughout 6" x 9", 224
pp., $18.95, 978-1-934030-74-5 Preview the book at www.velopress.com/smart 

Jeff Horowitz is a certified running and triathlon coach and a personal trainer who has run more than 150 marathons across six continents. Formerly
an attorney, he quit law to pursue his passion for endurance sport and now works with DC Tri; The Nations Triathlon; the nonprofit summer camp ACHIEVE
Kids Triathlon; and Team Hope, a charity fund-raising training group that benefits the Hope Connections Center, a cancer-patients service
organization. Learn more about Jeff at www.smartmarathontraining.com. 

VeloPress publishes books for cyclists, triathletes, and runners on training, nutrition, and the histories and personalities of endurance
sports. Learn more at www.velopress.com.