Ready to run faster?
"This How-To book has a little bit of everything in it! ”
- Start today, from where you are right now
- Add speed work once a week, No more is necessary!
- Vary workouts so your body keeps improving
"All in all, I highly recommend this book for any runner, run/walker, or walker who is looking to improve his/her speed and stamina".
"The purpose for each workout is summarized and the directions of what is to be done in each workout are clear".
For recreational runners who want to get faster but don’t have the budget for a private coach, now you can run faster, with professional coaching, without the cost!
Run Faster! offers a series of workouts for distance runners of all abilities; one for each week of the year plus a bonus.
Speed and interval type workouts WILL help you get faster. When you apply yourself you WILL reap the benefits. Run Faster! Race Even Better takes the guesswork out of HOW and WHY.
You will have the option of doing Least Hard, Moderately Hard, or Hardest Workouts based on your running experience and the timing of your current training and goals.
Each workout includes a warm-up, a detailed main run/speed workout, followed by the cool down. You also have a written PURPOSE for each of the workouts clarifying WHY you are doing it and WHAT it attempts to accomplish. You will also see a daily quote offering inspiration, humor, or food for thought…
Coach Stephanie Atwood has more than 30 years of experience as a runner and a coach. These workouts have been developed from her own experience working with many levels of athletes on a daily basis.
She has coached athletes in cross country, road racing, and trail races. She has coached individuals and teams. She has worked with youth and adults all the way up to octogenarians.
Coach Stephanie Atwood founded Go WOW Team, a women’s running walking group in the SF Bay Area, to offer quality, professional coaching and organized workouts to women of all ages, abilities, and sizes. This book is the first in the Return to Fitness Series, a compilation of workouts and information already tested on the members of Go WOW Team and now made available to all runners, everywhere.
Coach Stephanie is also an award winning, competitive runner who has qualified for the Boston Marathon and regularly places in the top 4 in her age division. She practices what she teaches and offers practical, realistic, and interesting training methods that include humor, skill, and experience.
