Brain Training for Runners

Brain Training For Runners by Matt Fitzgerald

Forget what the scientists say about ensuring you’re hydrated enough before you start your marathon, don’t waste your time adhering to a strict problem when you’re feeling like crap, and try running in the simplest shoes you can find to avoid running related injuries – these are just some of the things Matt Fitzgerald suggests in his book Brain Training for Runners.

It seems that our brains are more involved in our running efforts than scientists and many coaches initially assumed. We can train push our point of fatigue, improve our running speed by setting better goals, and we can become better runners by adding elements of cross training into our running workouts.

I really enjoyed reading Brain Training for Runners and have gotten bits and pieces of information that can help me stay injury free, enjoy my workouts more, improve my speed and endurance, and add variety to my running routine.

Brain Training for Runners is 562 pages separated into two parts. Part one is where Fitzgerald explains the entire idea of brain training in easy to grasp way. The second part for me is a little bit disappointing because it’s over 200 pages of running programs which I think could have been congested a bit which would have saved paper, ink and money but still relayed the point across. Other than that a great read for runners.

I highly recommend reading Brain training for Runners if you’re serious about your running or simply want to beat a personal record or train for your first marathon.

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Today’s Training:
Terrain: Treadmill
Workout: Long Intervals 4 x 2km @ 12km/hr
Time: 63 minutes
Distance: 12km