Galloway's Book on Running: 3rd Edition

Learn everything you need to know about running, with one of the world's most popular running books, updated to include Jeff Galloway's revolutionary method of training.

A new runner who's looking to begin, a high school athlete who's preparing for track & field season, an experienced marathoner aiming to get faster--whatever your situation, if you're interested in running, this is the book for you. Olympic athlete Jeff Galloway introduces the same training principles that are used by world-class runners to help you improve!

Galloway's Book on Running shows beginners how to get started, explains Jeff's ideas on stress and rest, and reveals secrets for running better. This revised and updated edition includes training schedules for 5K, 10K, and increasingly popular half-marathon races, as well as recent insights into motivation, nutrition, and fat-burning. Perhaps most notably, Jeff has updated this version to include his Run Walk Run(R) method of training, which has helped tens of thousands of runners to train injury-free for races of varying distances, including marathons.

Book Features:

• Jeff's unique Run Walk Run method of training


• Training principles used by elite runners that apply to runners of all levels


• Tips for getting started, secrets for running better, and insights into stress and rest


• Detailed training charts for 5K, 10K, and half-marathon races

Runners at all levels will benefit from this seasoned athlete's wisdom. Get Galloway's Book on Running, and get your training on the right track.

In the 1970s, Jeff Galloway was one of a group of young American runners who would change distance running forever. Jeff and his running buddies, Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers, Steve Prefontaine, Don Kardong, Amby Burfoot, Kenny Moore, and others, captured the attention of a new generation of fitness-minded Americans, and the running boom was born. What had been a sport for the few became an activity for the millions.

Jeff attended Wesleyan University and was an All-American in cross-country and track. In preparing for the 1972 Olympics, Jeff, along with Frank Shorter and Jack Bacheler, spent two months training in the mountains of Vail, Colorado, and all three made the Olympic team that year.

In 1973, Jeff set an American record in the 10-mile run. He won the first Atlanta Marathon at age 18 and was the first winner of Atlanta's Peachtree Road Race in 1970. In the mid-'70s he began to follow a training program that emphasized more rest and less weekly mileage, coupled with a long run every other week. At age 35, he ran the Houston-Tenneco Marathon in 2:16.

Jeff Galloway's Competitive Career:

• High school:


• 1-mile: 4:28


• 2-mile: 9:48


• College:


• 1-mile: 4:12


• 2-mile: 9:06


• 3-mile: 14:10


• Other times:


• 6-mile: 27:21


• 10K: 28:29


• 10-mile: 47:49 (US record, 1973)

Jeff met his wife, Barbara, at a track meet in Florida. Barbara was on the Florida State women's track team. They were married in 1976. Barbara, who wrote the chapter on women's running, runs practically every day and has competed in more than 165 marathons. Her best 10K time is 41:50 and marathon time, 3:18.

Jeff is now on the road over half the time. Because of his busy schedule, he often runs 2 to 5 miles, 2 to 3 times per day. He generally totals about 50 miles a week. He has currently run over 240 marathons, at the rate of 10 per year. He and Barb are invited speakers at dozens of events each year, including the runDisney series, where Jeff is the Official Training Consultant at his booth each weekend.

All the Galloways run marathons, half-marathons, and other events.