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# Marathon, All-New 4th Edition: The Ultimate Training Guide: Advice, Plans, and Programs for Half and Full Marathons Paperback – September 27, 2011

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- **What is this?** Marathon, All-New 4th Edition: The Ultimate Training Guide: Advice, Plans, and Programs for Half and Full Marathons Paperback – September 27, 2011 by hal higdon
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ One of my favorite books on running distance...
*by C***A on April 12, 2025*

A nearly comprehensive book with fun stories, practical advice, and decades worth of experience in the written word.Hal has a wonderful way of narrating to keep the reader intrigued. You know in today's world we just want the answer, we want it now, short and sweet, but we never want to know why. This is the book that tells you why.Now, I ran a couple races and there is some discrepancies between his decades worth of running and my years worth of running. I have never found especially after the race a place where they take cash. This means I must dreadfully carry my debit card, as cash is useless unless you go to a store outside of the race area. But then your carrying around change which is also no bueno! Nevertheless a couple bucks in cash stashes easily and can compliment any debit or credit card. Personally I am a cash only kind of guy but in today's world I am a minority, more like a dinosaur. And I'm only Generation X!Where I find this book lacking is stretching and runner exercises, mainly body weight. A few pages of illustrations showcasing both dynamic and static stretches would make this book complete. Well, that and a few illustrations of runners exercises, you know to help build the core or strengthen legs, or just making sure your upper half is synced properly with the lower half. Despite these this is not a deal breaker.The best part of this book, the comprehensive training plans. It doesn't matter what level you are or what distance you want to run (between the half and full- and he explains why there aren't shorter races in this book), Hal Higdon has it for you.My first race I ever planned for was a half marathon and so I went on Marathon Handbook and found a program that I liked, the Couch to Half Marathon, and it worked out perfectly for my half marathon. I didn't realize that while I was inputting each day into my workout app, Garmin Connect, that they've already made it more simple for you in Training Peaks. Guess what else? Hal's training sessions from the book are actually on there as well! You don't need that fancy computer service, you can just do like I did and just manually make the program in your calendar (through create workout). But if you're doing that for 20 weeks, that gets kind of old, quickly. For my marathon, I just downloaded one from my same coach, Thomas Watson, because he had something wonderful but Hal's is totally comparable, and actually Hal's is the blueprint that most people use to find tune their own training programs. This does not include 80/20 I don't think (I've read the whole book but there was no mention of 80/20- but you would simply get that from Matt Fitzgerald).Whether it's your first half marathon or your 10th Marathon, there is something for you in this book. Sure you could just go on Training Peaks and just download a program but Hal explains why each of his running plans is "roughly" tailored for the individual he specifies in the opening of each section. You may want to go from Zero to Hero and some have, but that's generally not a good idea.The bottom line, there is a plethora of running plans in this book and with it you could do anything you wanted with a half marathon or full Marathon. The information that is presented with this book is invaluable to help you on your journey. Get this book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent marathon book!
*by H***N on July 10, 2025*

I've read dozens of running books over the years and I consider this book one of my favorites. It's packed with useful, practical information, not the boring scientific facts and figures crammed into other marathon books. It's also highly entertaining with many stories from Hal's long, storied racing/coaching career. There's also dozens of inspirational stories and useful advice from Hal's many clients. This book is highly recommended!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Okay
*by K***L on April 14, 2025*

Offers a wide variety of insights and practical tips. However, it’s also contains a lot of unnecessary bla bla in my opinion.

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