Born to Run

[booker]

Originally Posted by Dozer523

I picked up a copy of 4 months to a 4 hour Marathon by David Kuehls.
His focus is developing endurance followed by stamina and finally speed.

Phil Maffetone's The Big Book of Endurance Training & Racing has the same premise. He does advocate lower profile heels, but actually supports the premise with experiental evidence (he was the trainer for Mark Allen among others).