Pete Pftizinger Plans Back Online
I had sent an email to Pete Pftizinger last week requesting permission to publish some of his training plans from his Advanced Marathoning book. Well, I heard back from him today and he has given me permission to publish up to 3 of his plans. This is great news for me and I’m sure it’s great news for some you out there that use my tool.
I have chosen 2 of the 55-mile plans and one 70-mile plan, the 18-week one. I want to leave the two 55-mile plans up since that is what most people would use, but I’m open to suggestions with regards to which 70-mile plan to leave up.
I would encourage anyone that is using his plans to buy his book. It’s a great book and he goes into a lot more detail on the actual workouts than I have listed here on my website. (Please note that I am providing links back to Amazon, but I am not an affiliate and I don’t make any money if you order from Amazon. It’s just a convenient place to link to for you all to buy the book 
October 28th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Great! I have the book and I agree the schedule doesn’t make a lot of sense unless you have the book to refer to.
October 28th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Just stumbled across your blog by googling ‘Pfitzinger Marathon Schedule’. Fantastic website and thanks to you & Mr. Pfitzinger for making the interactive schedule available! …And I too own both of The Books.
October 28th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
Awesome news Derek!
October 28th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
And I agree, the book “Advanced Marathoning” is a critical resource for anyone wanting to accomplish the training plan.
October 30th, 2007 at 10:50 am
This is a great book! Even though I missed an entire week of training 3 weeks out, and did not run the five days before my marathon to let me achilles rest, I PR’d by 3 minutes on a difficult course, following the 55/12 schedule. Being able to print out a schedule with dates is extremely helpful. Thanks Derek!
November 21st, 2007 at 11:32 pm
Derek:
I also found your site by searching for the Pfitzinger plans online. It really is nice to have the plan overlaid on the calendar working back from my goal marathon to the beginning of the plan. By the way, nice call on choosing the plans you chose. I am planning to use the 24-week plan myself to train for my first attempt at a Boston qualifier.
Best of luck to you in your quest to qualify — I am also trying to qualify for 2009, and I’m trying to do it before I turn 40 (I’m 36 now). Thanks for providing a great service, and thanks also to Mr. Pfitzinger for agreeing to put the schedule online. (By the way, I already have the book!)