Runner's World Run Less, Run Faster: Become a Faster, Stronger Runner with the Revolutionary 3-Run-a-Week Training Program Paperback – 10 April 2012

This is a well written book that makes a lot of sense and will appeal to the short of time runner, the runner who gets injures when they do lots of mileage and the reluctant runner. I am currently putting it into practice with a couple of clients and eventually myself when I finish with my current training plan so I don't know if it does what it says on the tin yet but it seems promising. It can get a little confusing flicking from one place in the book to another to sort out training paces and it does rely on having a 5km race time to base the pacing on but they give you ways to sort that. Make sure you have a solid base before you embark on this training.

I really enjoyed this book, and am looking forward to training for and running my marathon. I will have to wait and see if the program works, but the book has really got me motivated and pumped for my marathon. I've only completed one week of training before writing this review, but already I am very impressed. The training sessions have been challenging and I am clear about my estimated marathon finishing time and the outcome of each training session. I brought the book for my Kindle and was a little concerned about a negative review that said the tables didn't display properly - I had no such problems, every part of the book is more than readable.

I would still class myself as quite a new runner - 2 years in! This is a good book, but perhaps aimed at people who do over 20km a week regularly. Even though it is called 'Run less', you still have to run 3 times a week, plus 2 CV sessions, plus stretching exercises, plus strength training exercises. Hard to fit in to my life! But it is motivational. It is FULL of tables. Lots of paces, times, distances, etc. If you are UK based, or perhaps even not in America, you may find the references to the Boston marathon, and the devoted chapter a bit annoying. Also, whilst the authors proclaim to have tried to add metric units in for the non American readers, they haven't done it throughout the book.

As a physio and a runner (over 50) I found this book more holistic than most training programmes. It is a hard but good quality programme. I wanted to do less miles and only run three times a week as I enjoy cross training and want to maintain fitness without the loading injuries that result from over training. Each run has a purpose and is not just empty mileage. The cross training allows rest for the joints but still works the cardiovascular system. The stretches and strengthening help conditioning and injury prevention. I have been using this book for several months, building up to start the programme as you need to be running 15 miles. Sadly marathon cancelled after 4 weeks into it, so continuing the maintenance recomended.

I really enjoyed this book, the theory and insights in the book are very relevant.I follows the training plan and achieved my goal of finishing the Dublin marathon.

Good read. I went along with this training. Felt like cheating since before I trained 6 days a week for a marathon. Works well for busy full time work folks.All my spring and spring and summer races have been cancelled, hence cannot tell you if this method is better that Hanson's for me.It does work though. Less running but more demanding targets.

Good Book, very interesting. I used to run 6 days a week but due to work & family commitments I just didn't have the time anymore.But i wanted to keep up my fitness levels & not lose it so I started using this book & I have maintained my previous fitness levels while running less!

So many training plans are designed for vague goals, sub 4 in marathon etc. but Run Less Run Faster lets you choose your training plan based on much more specific objectives, e.g. 3.35 marathon. In addition, the pace for all of your runs, including track repeats are specified in easy to follow tables and are based on actual performance, so that you can constantly adjust the pace of your training sessions according to your level of fitness and race results. The strength and stretching exercises included are also a great bonus. I haven't put the method to the test yet, but as a training plan it is the best I've seen!!