As a novice 65 years old in his first year of running, our cover runner, John Cahill came to Dr. Miller to learn the physical and mental skills he needed to race a marathon. At 66 he ran his first marathon in 3:04. At 72, he ran the same marathon in 3:05. As he approached 80, he was still running sub-4hr marathons. Now, in his early 90s, John typically runs a 5K nearly every weekend when he is not traveling around the world.
In PROGRAMMED TO RUN, Dr. Miller shares how he developed the concepts that led to John’s success – and countless other runners. Simply put, your running/racing potential is grounded in your biomechanical and attentional skills, without which you are destined to repeated/chronic injury, inconsistent training, and disappointing racing results. This book is a guide for the self-coached runner –regardless of sex, age, body type, or ethnicity – to assess, refine, and “program” optimal running and racing skills, which, as demonstrated by John, can last a lifetime.
What sets PROGRAMMED TO RUN apart from most scientifically founded running books is that the primary research was done on the road and then validated in the lab. The efficacy of his approach to skills trainng, running, and racing as been proven thousands of times by runners he has personally coached and/or attended one of his myriad running technique clinics – and, as you will read in his bio, by himself over a running career that has now stretched into 50+ years.
