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27M here (3:00 target for Boston 2020):
Brad Hudson's book is pretty good too:
http://www.amazon.com/Run-Faster-5K-Marathon-Coach/dp/0767928229
Wow! We have almost the same story! I'm slightly older though. Played soccer from 6 until 19 when I had a tib-fib fracture freshman year of college. Then, I could squat more than three times my weight and could run a 4.8 - 40. I've run three marathons now with my best time being 3:35. I'm dead set on a BQ, but I just haven't conquered the distance yet. I've decided, after my last debacle of a marathon, that I won't run another until I have run at least two 5ks under 18 minutes, two 10ks under 40 minutes and two halfs under 1:30. My current times are 5k-20:40, 10k-42, half-1:36. Right now, the hardest part is not having that huge goal race looming over me. I'm still conditioned to run 5 or 6 days a week, but feel a bit lost.
Anyway, I will say that I did the FIRST plan for my first marathon and was extremely ill-prepared. I've read Pfitz and Hansen as well, but Brad Hudson's 'Run Faster: From the 5K to the Marathon' is what has worked best for me. I've recommended it for friends my age and it's been well-received all around. It's more about adaptive training in that you run what you feel and don't have to do certain workouts when your body isn't responding. Best of luck out there!
Brad Hudson's Run Faster from the 5K to the Marathon is all about designing your own training plan, with a big focus on injury prevention.
Brad Hudson / Matt Fitzgerald would not recommend weights at all for strength training / injury prevention. Their key strength component comes from hill work, including sprints, repeats and progressions. As a trail runner who can handle 50k mountain races on the same mileage as you, I can vouch that no cross training is necessary to achieve this level of strength / injury prevention.
You might want to check out Brad Hudson's book. It is pretty straightforward, with 3 main types of training: aerobic, strength, and race-specific. It has pre-made training plans, but it focuses on how to put together your own customized training plan, and how to alter it as you go in order to address your specific needs as they arise.
I thought it was really useful, especially in understanding how to create interval progressions to target specific performance goals.
Going sub-40 requires interval training and solid weekly mileage. There are no shortcuts or secrets. It will take time. You first have to get sub-44, then sub-43, then sub-42, and so on. Pick up one of the major training guides like Pfitzinger ,
Daniels, or Hudson. You can get any of these used for a few dollars, or new for not much more. While there are endless debates about which plan is best, you're just trying to get under 40:00, not qualify for the Olympics, an any of these will help you do that.
I definitely agree. I look at it more as a base fitness/mobility/injury prevention type of thing. I have a separate cardio program that I base off the book Run Faster which I highly recommend.
Ive also been doing this routine from the "hotshot fitness" website as a little experiment, but it also seems a little lacking so far.
All in all the best thing to do is all of the things.
I agree with incster. I recommend Brad Hudson's Run Faster book. It might work for you as someone who likes to set his own training regimen... but within limits.
I'm 37, 6'3" and 185lbs, run ~6 days and 40mpw, and started this year with a 21:54 5k. I run one fast 5k, 3-4 aerobic (not super easy but not threshold) 7.x milers, and one 10-13mi long run per week. Once a month or so I'll add a 1mi fitness test to see if I'm making any speed progress.
January 1st I ran 21:54 in a 5k and my 1mi best was about 6:36. I set a new mile PR a couple weeks ago at 5:47, a 10k PR last week at 44:20, and a 5k PR today at 20:00. What has made absolutely the most difference for me over the past two months is 1) actively differentiating between easy/recovery runs and runs where I was trying to make some active progress, and 2) heart rate training. I wear a Garmin and run by heart rate effort almost all the time. It has helped me keep my pace in a reasonable range on my easy days, which themselves make my faster days faster. I think this would suit you pretty well. :)
Worth every penny.