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Ones I have read and recommend:

Jack Daniels
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F0X7U2S/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Pfitz
https://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Marathoning-2nd-Pete-Pfitzinger/dp/0736074600/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1510544635&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=Pfitinger

Yessis
https://www.amazon.com/Explosive-Running-Science-Kinesiology-Performance/dp/0809298996/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1510544911&sr=1-1&keywords=explosive+running

Noakes
https://www.amazon.com/Lore-Running-4th-Timothy-Noakes/dp/0873229592/ref=pd_sim_14_5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=3QK52ZDHZVX4K6QW383Q

Fitzgerald (one of several)
https://www.amazon.com/Brain-Training-Runners-Revolutionary-Endurance-ebook/dp/B000VMHHBW/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1510544985&sr=1-1&keywords=brain+training+for+runners

Ones I have not read but have heard good things about:

Hansons
https://www.amazon.com/Hansons-Marathon-Method-Your-Fastest-ebook/dp/B01C6FBGHW/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1510544663&sr=1-3&keywords=hansons+running&dpID=51L6b5-M7OL&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=srch


Bill Squires
https://www.amazon.com/Speed-Endurance-Bill-Squires/dp/0977250504

Peter Coe
https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Running-Successful-Racing-Training/dp/1852239972/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1510544703&sr=1-1&keywords=peter+coe&dpID=51lmDYFDyLL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch

There is also an out of print (I think) book by Arthur Lydiard that is really good. And for that matter, I am not sure I linked the correct Bill Squires book. One is really good, while the other is an awful, watered-down version.

I have a pretty similar background. I ran in high school, then DIII in college, quit running for many years, got back to it as a pre-masters/masters runner. People kept asking me questions, so I started coaching for free. Then on a spare weekend, I got certified as a USATF level 1 coach, which is really fun. I really recommend it, since you're a T&F fan.

This is maybe the second question on Advanced Fitness I've felt qualified to answer...

1. Eat less. Get down to your racing weight. Target sub-12% BF. To lose the body fat while keeping (most) your muscle mass, check out leangains. It's been working for me. Requires 1.5 - 2 hrs in the gym per week and the ability/desire to bear down HARD for a couple of sets. (Based on your current strength levels, that doesn't seem to be a challenge...)
   
   
2. Train your brain. Consume Brain Training for Runners. AWESOME read that got me my first 90 minute half-marathon three years ago. "Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional..."
   
   
3. Train fasted. IF is the bomb. And don't shy away from carbs on your heavy-training days. You're putting in a lot of volume. Bananas and chocolate milk are your friends.
   
   Qualifications: I finished an IM last year, have completed 5+ marathons and natty deadlifted 357.5 lbs (x5) this morning.

Have you ever tried distance running, like a 5k? I like those kinds of races - when you start out, you are humbled and have to accept that you are probably not going to get to be fast enough to win, or even be in the first 10 or 25. Once you accept that, the next step is to get your own baseline, which can also be humbling - oh man it took me an hour to run 3 miles, that sucks. Then you say, I KNOW I can do better, you keep moving, and then you are at the stage where your only competition is YOU - you want to beat the personal record, you want to shave a couple minutes off. You forget everything else, it's just about beating your own mental and physical limitations. There's actually a great book I was reading when I first started out Brain Training For Runners it actually breaks down the science of mental limitations and teaches you how to overcome them, I really do recommend it even for non-runners.