Fast 5K, Pete Magill
Fast 5K, Pete Magill
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Fast 5K
25 Crucial Keys and 4 Training Plans

Author: Pete Magill

Narrator: Adam Barr

Unabridged: 4 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/06/2026


Synopsis

Spend two hours with Pete Magill’s Fast 5K and you’ll know how to run your fastest 5K.

In his fast–paced, ultimate guide to 5K running races, celebrated running coach Pete Magill reveals the 25 crucial keys to setting your next 5K personal record. Magill shares hard–earned lessons he gained while leading 19 teams to USA national championships and setting multiple American and world age–group and masters records.

To run your fastest 5K, you’ll need smart preparation. Magill shows how you can achieve top running fitness and racing readiness. The 25 crucial keys to unlock your fastest race include how to figure out optimal training volume and intensity, pace tempo runs for maximum benefit, strengthen and build muscle fibers with hill running, design routines that really work, prevent injury, utilize a healthy diet to reach your ideal racing weight, race tactically from start line to the finish, and much more!In addition, Fast 5K includes 12–week and 16–week training plans to suit runners of all abilities. Whether you are new to the distance or toeing the line again for a personal best, Fast 5K is a must–have resource for reaching your goals.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Zack on June 27, 2022

Very good entry level advice on how to approach training to race for time rather than completing a distance. Each section makes sense and is valuable. My one star subtraction is that I still have questions after having read the book. No gait, stride, or footfall analysis or advice was given. No ment......more

Goodreads review by Chris Parcell on May 29, 2020

Great running book, but Kindle version not ideal for seeing the detail This is entertainingly written and the ideas are well presented. However, the book contains quite a lot of the most useful details, such as training programs and pace guides in tables, these were practically unreadable on my Kindl......more

Goodreads review by Arunaabh on March 09, 2021

Concise and comprehensive. I've been stuck without an opportunity to run a marathon for almost 2 years now. I have progressed over other distances and I have had the goal of breaking 15 for the 5k in mind for almost an year now. The workouts mentioned in the book along with the drills, the strength......more

Goodreads review by Moxie on October 31, 2023

Super useful and down to earth. Great for beginners through elites and for any age group. I really appreciated how he gave so much structure for people. He included training plans, which are common, but also time tables showing people how to use their 5K race time to find workout paces for tempo, th......more