Pete Pfitzinger was the top American finisher in the 1984 and 1988 Olympic marathons. He was ranked the top American marathoner in 1984 by Track & Field News and he's a member of the Road Runners Club of America's Hall of Fame. Pfitzinger has over thirty years of experience coaching marathon runners to achieve their goals.
Scott Douglas is a contributing editor for Runner's World. He has also been the editor of Running Times and Runner's World's news channel. Douglas has written or cowritten eight other books, including the New York Times bestseller Meb for Mortals and perennial favorite Advanced Marathoning.
Patrick Lawlor has recorded over three hundred audiobooks in just about every genre. He has been an Audie Award finalist multiple times and has garnered several AudioFile Earphones Awards, a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award, and many Library Journal and Kirkus starred audio reviews.