Unbreakable Runner: Unleash the Power of Strength & Conditioning for a Lifetime of Running Strong

T.J. Murphy · MacKenzie

Sep 2014 · Sold by VeloPress

About this ebook

A New York Times Best Seller!

Men's Journal Health Book of the Year

In Unbreakable Runner, CrossFit Endurance founder Brian MacKenzie and journalist T.J. Murphy examine long-held beliefs about how to train, tearing down those traditions to reveal new principles for a lifetime of healthy, powerful running.

Unbreakable Runner challenges conventional training tenets such as high mileage and high-carb diets to show how reduced mileage and high-intensity training can make runners stronger, more durable athletes and prepare them for races of any distance.

Distance runners who want to invigorate their training, solve injuries, or break through a performance plateau can gain power and resilience from MacKenzie's effective blend of run training and whole-body strength and conditioning.

CrossFitters who want to conquer a marathon, half-marathon, or ultramarathon will find endurance training instruction with 8- to 12-week programs that combine CrossFitTM workouts with run-specific sessions.

Unbreakable Runner includes CrossFit-based training programs for race distances from 5K to ultramarathon for beginner, intermediate, and advanced runners. Build a better running body with this CrossFit Endurance-based approach to running training.

Ratings and reviews

This book spends an inordinate amount of time trying to convince you that the methodology is superior. I bought the book, I'm convinced, now all I want are the tools. The first chapter, "indestructible running form" is the perfect example. There is literally 1 1/2 pages (out of 10) devoted to running form, and the rest of the chapter is spent convincing you that you need to focus on running form (and do mobility work). There a few explanations on how to implement the drills that are supposed to occupy up to four days of your week in the training plans. If you are a runner with virtually no exposure to CrossFit or weight training, you might find this book informative. The training plans could be a good template for you, and there is info on how to personalize a training plan. I guess I just wanted a manual, not a manifesto.

Incredible, informative, easy to understand. Good for reading multiple times

Good read

About the author

T.J. Murphy is a veteran journalist, endurance athlete, CrossFitter, and former editorial director of Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, and Competitor magazines. He is author of Triathlete Magazine's Guide to Finishing Your First Triathlon and contributor to Start to Finish: 24 Weeks to an Endurance Triathlon. His writing has also appeared in Outside magazine and Runner's World. He is a five-time Ironman finisher and a 2:38 marathoner.

Brian MacKenzie is a strength and conditioning coach and the creator of CrossFit Endurance, which specializes in movement with an emphasis in running, cycling, and swimming mechanics. MacKenzie and his program have been featured in Competitor, Runners World, Triathlete, Men's Journal, ESPN Rise, The Economist, Outside, and Tim Ferriss' bestseller The 4-Hour Body. He has consulted with several teams, including the 2012 Western Athletic Conference Champions San Jose State Women's Swim Team.