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Matt Fitzgerald

3 Series • 58 Books

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58
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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Racing Weight Books
Start with: Racing Weight Quick Start Guide: A 4-Week Weight-Loss Plan for Endurance Athletes (2009)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: Triathlete Magazine's Complete Triathlon Book (2003)
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Publication Order of Runners World Guide Books
Start with: Runner's World Guide to Cross-Training (2004)

ⓘ About Matt Fitzgerald

He got his start as an editor for Multisport magazine, and also worked for active.com, Triathlete, and Competitor Group before he struck out on his own. He’s a brand ambassador for Mizuno and is a Training Intelligence Specialist for PEAR Sports. Matt’s in demand as a public speaker and travels all over the United States and internationally to lead seminars and clinics for coaches and athletes. Matt became a runner at the age of eleven, after he ran the last mile of the 1983 Boston Marathon with his dad, who had run the entire thing, and his two brothers. By that time, he was already a writer, a comedic poet to be more specific, having declared his intentions to make his future career as a writer when he was just nine. And he never changed his mind.

All Book Series by Matt Fitzgerald

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Racing Weight Quick Start Guide: A 4-Week Weight-Loss Plan for Endurance Athletes book cover

Racing Weight Quick Start Guide: A 4-Week Weight-Loss Plan for Endurance Athletes

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2009

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2009
2
Racing Weight: How to Get Lean for Peak Performance book cover

Racing Weight: How to Get Lean for Peak Performance

Book 2 of 3 · published 2009

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2009
3
Racing Weight Cookbook: Lean, Light Recipes for Athletes book cover

Racing Weight Cookbook: Lean, Light Recipes for Athletes

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2014 Co-authored · Georgie Fear

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2014
1
Triathlete Magazine's Complete Triathlon Book book cover

Triathlete Magazine's Complete Triathlon Book

Series opener · book 1 of 21 · published 2003

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2003
2
Runner's World Guide to Cross-Training book cover

Runner's World Guide to Cross-Training

Book 2 of 21 · published 2004

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2004
3
The Cutting-Edge Runner book cover

The Cutting-Edge Runner

Book 3 of 21 · published 2005

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2005
4
Performance Nutrition for Runners book cover

Performance Nutrition for Runners

Book 4 of 21 · published 2005

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2005
5
Triathlete Magazine's Essential Week-by-Week Training Guide book cover

Triathlete Magazine's Essential Week-by-Week Training Guide

Book 5 of 21 · published 2006

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2006
6
Brain Training For Runners book cover

Brain Training For Runners

Book 6 of 21 · published 2007

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2007
7
The Runner's Diary book cover

The Runner's Diary

Book 7 of 21 · published 2008

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2008
8
RUN book cover

RUN

Book 8 of 21 · published 2010

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2010
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Iron War book cover

Iron War

Book 9 of 21 · published 2011

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2011
10
The New Rules of Marathon and Half-Marathon Nutrition book cover

The New Rules of Marathon and Half-Marathon Nutrition

Book 10 of 21 · published 2013

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2013
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Diet Cults book cover

Diet Cults

Book 11 of 21 · published 2014

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2014
12
80/20 Running book cover

80/20 Running

Book 12 of 21 · published 2014 Co-authored · Robert Johnson

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2014
13
How Bad Do You Want It? book cover

How Bad Do You Want It?

Book 13 of 21 · published 2015

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2015
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The Endurance Diet book cover

The Endurance Diet

Book 14 of 21 · published 2016

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2016
15
80/20 Triathlon book cover

80/20 Triathlon

Book 15 of 21 · published 2018 Co-authored · David Warden

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2018
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Life Is a Marathon book cover

Life Is a Marathon

Book 16 of 21 · published 2019

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2019
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Running the Dream book cover

Running the Dream

Book 17 of 21 · published 2020

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2020
18
The Comeback Quotient book cover

The Comeback Quotient

Book 18 of 21 · published 2021

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2021
19
Run Like a Pro book cover

Run Like a Pro

Book 19 of 21 · published 2022 Co-authored · Ben Rosario

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2022
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The Complete Runner's Day-by-Day Log 12-Month 2025 Planner Calendar book cover

The Complete Runner's Day-by-Day Log 12-Month 2025 Planner Calendar

Book 20 of 21 · published 2024

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2024
21
The Other Talent book cover

The Other Talent

Latest in the series · book 21 of 21 · published 2024

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2024
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Runner's World Guide to Running and Pregnancy book cover

Runner's World Guide to Running and Pregnancy

Series opener · book 1 of 34 · published 2003 Anthology · Chris Lundgren

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2003
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Runner's World Guide to Adventure Racing book cover

Runner's World Guide to Adventure Racing

Book 2 of 34 · published 2004 Anthology · Ian A. Adamson

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2004
3
Runner's World Guide to Cross-Training book cover

Runner's World Guide to Cross-Training

Book 3 of 34 · published 2004

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2004
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Runner's World Guide to Injury Prevention book cover

Runner's World Guide to Injury Prevention

Book 4 of 34 · published 2004 Anthology · Dagny Scott Barrios

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2004
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Runner's World Complete Book of Beginning Running book cover

Runner's World Complete Book of Beginning Running

Book 5 of 34 · published 2005 Anthology · Amby Burfoot

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2005
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The Cutting-Edge Runner book cover

The Cutting-Edge Runner

Book 6 of 34 · published 2005

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2005
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Runner's World The Runner's Diet book cover

Runner's World The Runner's Diet

Book 7 of 34 · published 2005 Anthology · Ted Spiker,Madelyn Fernstrom

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2005
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Performance Nutrition for Runners book cover

Performance Nutrition for Runners

Book 8 of 34 · published 2005

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2005
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Runner's World Best book cover

Runner's World Best

Book 9 of 34 · published 2006 Anthology · Adam Bean

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2006
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Runner's World Complete Book of Women's Running book cover

Runner's World Complete Book of Women's Running

Book 10 of 34 · published 2007 Anthology · Dagny Scott Barrios

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2007
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Runner's World Guide to Road Racing book cover

Runner's World Guide to Road Racing

Book 11 of 34 · published 2008 Anthology · Katie McDonald Neitz

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2008
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The Runner's Rule Book book cover

The Runner's Rule Book

Book 12 of 34 · published 2009 Anthology · Runner's World

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2009
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Runner's World Complete Book of Running book cover

Runner's World Complete Book of Running

Book 13 of 34 · published 2009 Anthology · Runner's World

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2009
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Going Long book cover

Going Long

Book 14 of 34 · published 2010 Anthology · David Willey

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2010
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The Great Grete Waitz book cover

The Great Grete Waitz

Book 15 of 34 · published 2011 Anthology · Runner's World

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2011
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Runner's World Essential Guides book cover

Runner's World Essential Guides

Book 16 of 34 · published 2011 Anthology · Runner's World

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2011
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Barefoot Running and Minimalism book cover

Barefoot Running and Minimalism

Book 17 of 34 · published 2011 Anthology · Scott Douglas

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2011
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Runner's World Training Journal book cover

Runner's World Training Journal

Book 18 of 34 · published 2012 Anthology · Runner's World

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2012
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The Runner's World Big Book of Marathon and Half-Marathon Training book cover

The Runner's World Big Book of Marathon and Half-Marathon Training

Book 19 of 34 · published 2012 Anthology · Jennifer Van Allen,Bart Yasso,Amby Burfoot,Pamela Nisevich Bede

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2012
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Runner's World Complete Guide to Minimalism and Barefoot Running book cover

Runner's World Complete Guide to Minimalism and Barefoot Running

Book 20 of 34 · published 2013 Anthology · Scott Douglas

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2013
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Runner's World Running on Air book cover

Runner's World Running on Air

Book 21 of 34 · published 2013 Anthology · Budd Coates,Claire Kowalchik

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2013
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The Runner's World Cookbook book cover

The Runner's World Cookbook

Book 22 of 34 · published 2013 Anthology · Joanna Sayago Golub

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2013
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Runner's World Training Journal for Beginners book cover

Runner's World Training Journal for Beginners

Book 23 of 34 · published 2014 Anthology · Runner's World

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2014
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The Runner's World Big Book of Running for Beginners book cover

The Runner's World Big Book of Running for Beginners

Book 24 of 34 · published 2014 Anthology · Jennifer Van Allen,Bart Yasso,Amby Burfoot,Pamela Nisevich Bede

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2014
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Runner's World The Runner's Brain book cover

Runner's World The Runner's Brain

Book 25 of 34 · published 2015 Anthology · Liz Neporent,Jeff Brown

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2015
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Runner's World Meals on the Run book cover

Runner's World Meals on the Run

Book 26 of 34 · published 2015 Anthology · Runner's World

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2015
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Runner's World Run to Lose book cover

Runner's World Run to Lose

Book 27 of 34 · published 2015 Anthology · Jennifer Van Allen,Pamela Nisevich Bede

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2015
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Runners of North America book cover

Runners of North America

Book 28 of 34 · published 2016 Anthology · Mark Remy

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2016
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Runner's World Train Smart, Run Forever book cover

Runner's World Train Smart, Run Forever

Book 29 of 34 · published 2017 Anthology · Bill Pierce,Scott Murr

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2017
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Runner's World Your Best Stride book cover

Runner's World Your Best Stride

Book 30 of 34 · published 2017 Anthology · Jonathan Beverly

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2017
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Runner's World Race Everything book cover

Runner's World Race Everything

Book 31 of 34 · published 2017 Anthology · David Willey,Bart Yasso,Erin Strout

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2017
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Runner's World How to Make Yourself Poop book cover

Runner's World How to Make Yourself Poop

Book 32 of 34 · published 2018 Anthology · Meghan Kita

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2018
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The Runner's World Vegetarian Cookbook book cover

The Runner's World Vegetarian Cookbook

Book 33 of 34 · published 2018 Anthology · Scott Jurek

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2018
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Runner's World Run Less Run Faster book cover

Runner's World Run Less Run Faster

Latest in the series · book 34 of 34 · published 2021 Anthology · Bill Pierce,Scott Murr

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2021

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Matt Fitzgerald?

He got his start as an editor for Multisport magazine, and also worked for active.com, Triathlete, and Competitor Group before he struck out on his own. He’s a brand ambassador for Mizuno and is a Training Intelligence Specialist for PEAR Sports. Matt’s in demand as a public speaker and travels all over the United States and internationally to lead seminars and clinics for coaches and athletes.

Which Matt Fitzgerald series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Runners World Guide series, the earliest of Matt Fitzgerald's multi-book series: it opens with Runner's World Guide to Running and Pregnancy (2003) and runs to 34 books across 2003–2021, ending with Runner's World Run Less Run Faster (2021). Matt Fitzgerald's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

How many books has Matt Fitzgerald written?

Matt Fitzgerald has 58 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2003 and 2024. 37 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Runners World Guide series with 34 books — and 21 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Matt Fitzgerald's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Matt Fitzgerald's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Runners World Guide (2003–2021, 34 books) and Racing Weight (2009–2014, 3 books).

How are Matt Fitzgerald's books organised into series?

This guide splits Matt Fitzgerald's 58 books into 2 named series and 21 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Runners World Guide (34 books, 2003–2021); Racing Weight (3 books, 2009–2014).