Reading time: 5 min

When I go to the book store with my wife and daughter, I swing by the endurance sports section. I peruse through the titles to see if anything new and exciting I didn’t know about is available. Last summer (July 2018), I noticed a book called Speed Runner by Pete Magill. The subtitle was “4 weeks to your fastest leg speed in any sport.” I cringed. Terms like “4 weeks” and “fastest leg speed” upset me. They wreak of the current “hack” culture out there on the internet. I almost didn’t by this book.

Luckily, I had heard the name of the author before, Pete Magill. I knew he was the real deal. Magill is a national championship coach and accomplished masters runner with multiple American and age-group records. I started flipping through.

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