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Running Breakthroughs: Transform Your Running and Life

Proven Lessons from World-Class Athletes, Experts, and Recreational Runners

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Running Breakthroughs: Transform Your Running and Life

By: Floris Gierman
Narrated by: Floris Gierman, Jimmy Dean Freeman, Kate Martini Freeman
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Do you feel stuck in your running? Struggling with plateaus, injuries, or a lack of joy?

Running Breakthroughs by Floris Gierman reveals how small, practical shifts can transform your running and your life. Drawing from over a decade of experience and hundreds of conversations with elite athletes, health experts, and recreational runners, Floris shows how to unlock sustainable progress, greater enjoyment, and deeper resilience.

This isn’t just about running faster. It’s a blueprint for achieving joy, consistency, and long-term breakthroughs in running and life.

Inside you’ll discover:

  • How to run longer without gasping for air
  • The surprising power of slowing down to speed up
  • Heart rate training methods that actually work
  • Strategies for injury prevention and recovery
  • Insights from legends like Eliud Kipchoge, Kilian Jornet, Courtney Dauwalter, and more
  • How mindset, breathwork, journaling, and meditation boost performance and well-being
  • Real-life stories of runners who broke barriers and found joy again

Who this book is for:

  • Beginners who want to run without frustration or burnout
  • Experienced runners ready to break through stubborn plateaus
  • Masters athletes seeking age-proof strategies for lasting performance
  • Coaches and trainers looking for proven tools to help others thrive
  • Anyone who wants more joy, clarity, and purpose in their running journey

Your Breakthrough Awaits

Whether chasing a marathon personal best, rediscovering your love of running after injury, or seeking a healthier, happier lifestyle, Running Breakthroughs will guide you every step of the way.

Stop forcing progress and start embracing the strategies that actually work.

Start listening today and discover how small shifts can transform your running and your life.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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Whether you are a new runner, or have years of experience, this is the book for you. Not only will you become a better runner, you will also become a better version of yourself.

Must Read For Runners

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Covers all aspects of running including & more importantly the mental side. Great reference for any inspiring runner from beginner to seasoned runners!

Personal experience of experts

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Floris centres the book around low heart rate training, but there's a lot more in here than that. Very solid and practical advice, both from his own experience, and interviews with inspiring guests from his podcast and YouTube channel. Well narrated and a pleasure to listen to.

Excellent

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I started running seriously just before I turned 45. I went from a complete beginner to running my first marathon just after my 45th birthday in 4:13. Around that time, I discovered The Extramilest Podcast. I binge-listened to so many episodes in that first year of running, and I’ve continued following Floris and his guests ever since. His conversations introduced me to some of the most influential voices in the running world and introduced me to low heart rate training, the MAF Method, and more ways to train.

Two years later, I ran a Boston qualifying 3:05 marathon at age 47. Running has transformed my life so much that I even became a certified distance running coach and started my own YouTube channel (albeit 10x smaller than Floris' channel) to help midlife runners like myself. So when I saw Floris had written Running Breakthroughs, I downloaded it immediately.

Even after two years of consuming endless training science, podcasts, books, and research, this audiobook hit me at exactly the right time. I was coming back from a 6 week mycoplasma infection that completely stripped away my top end fitness. Mentally, it was tough as part of me still expected to hit 3:05 marathon paces simply because I just did it a couple of months ago.

Listening to Running Breakthroughs on my long runs coming back from recovery was the wake up call I needed. The reminder to “start where you are” landed so deeply. It took away the pressure, the ego, and the frustration of comparing myself to my past self. That message alone was worth the entire book.

Content wise, Floris distills the essentials from hundreds of hours of Extramilest episodes and years of personal experience. Yes, some concepts will feel basic to highly experienced or science-geek runners like myself, but they’re essential foundations. Even as a certified coach, I appreciated the clarity and reinforcement.

The beauty of this book is how Floris and his team extracted the wisdom from all those podcast conversations and condensed it into a single, easy to digest framework, as well as the most important principles for becoming a stronger, healthier, happier runner into under nine hours.

If you’re a midlife runner, whether you’re starting at 35, 45, 55 or beyond, this book is a must-read (or must-listen). It’s grounded, accessible, evidence informed, and deeply encouraging. Highly recommended.

Must read for every late-starting, midlife runner!

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Floris Gierman’s The Running Breakthrough audiobook is an outstanding listen. Clear, practical, and deeply motivating, it blends science, mindset, and real-world coaching into actionable guidance. The narration is engaging and easy to follow, making complex concepts accessible. A must-listen for runners seeking performance gains, longevity, and a healthier relationship with running. 5/5

Excellent Running Resource

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