You do not improve by training as hard as possible. You improve by training hard enough, often enough, for long enough.
That is true not only for elite athletes, but for any runner who wants to improve without breaking down. Whether you are chasing a first marathon, a faster 10K, or simply trying to train well year after year, the same governing principles apply.
The Norwegian Method has become a global label. Many runners copy what they see: the workouts, the threshold sessions, the weekly structure. But copying the sessions is not the same as understanding what makes them work.
The Norwegian Method Applied explains the principles behind the method and shows how to apply them to your own training, regardless of your level.
The framework was developed from the mid-1990s onward, before the term “Norwegian Method” existed. Over decades of experimentation and more than 5,500 lactate tests, Marius Bakken, a practicing physician and former 13:06 5,000-meter runner, shaped, structured, and refined the threshold-based framework that later came to be known as the Norwegian Method.
It rested on one central idea: intensity must be precise enough to be tolerated and repeated. Precision creates continuity. Continuity creates the volume of high-quality training that actually improves performance.
The method has since spread to the highest levels of endurance sport, from track world records to world-championship triathlon and road running.
But its principles are not reserved for the elite. They work just as well for the runner targeting a first marathon, a faster 10K, or simply wants to stay injury-free over time.
“It’s rare that you get a training book that offers something truly new. Throughout his career, Marius has been at the forefront of figuring out what works and pushing our understanding of training forward. This book is the fullest expression of it. I promise you’ll walk away with the same feeling I did: this is not only something new, it’s a game changer.”
—Steve Magness
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About the author
Marius Bakken is a general practitioner in Kristiansand, Norway, and a former elite runner. He competed in two Olympic Games, reached the World Championship final twice, and ran 13:06.49 for 5,000 meters, a Norwegian record that stood for more than twenty years. He conducted more than 5,500 lactate tests and still runs threshold sessions several times a week.
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Runners: Go get this book. I don't say this lightly. But Marius Bakken has released a game changer of a book on training. It's fantastic. A book I wish I had decades ago. - Steve Magness, author of The Science of Running and Do Hard Things
Midway through reading Marius Bakken's new book on training, The Norwegian Method Applied, I had an epiphany: Is there any human on planet Earth who is better suited to write a training book than Dr. Bakken? I don't think so. If you are a coach or truly want to understand distance running, then you must do something simple: get this book. - Robert Johnson, editor of LetsRun
It reads very well, just an incredibly detailed why of the system, answering all curiosities, beyond anything the running world will have seen. This might be the best training related book I have read, and I think I may have read everything. - Mike Smith, five-time NCAA Division I men's cross country national championship coach at Northern Arizona University
Learning self-control during training is the secret to a successful running career. The Norwegian Method Applied is a masterclass in control. Bakken lays out a clear blueprint for dialing in your effort so your body stays healthy and your fitness soars. And best of all, you avoid the usual pitfalls of overtraining and injury. - Greg McMillan, McMillan Running
As a Professor of Exercise Physiology, I read a lot of training books. Most rehash the same lactate curves, VO₂max talking points, and periodization models I've been teaching for years. Marius Bakken's applied treatment of the Norwegian Method is a genuine outlier, and the first book in a long time that has changed how I actually program. Highly recommended for anyone serious about endurance programming. One of the few training books in the last decade that I'd call genuinely original. - Professor Paul Laursen, PhD, Adjunct Professor of Exercise Physiology at Auckland University of Technology
During nearly 30 years at AW a steady trickle of around three or four books each month have dropped on my desk for review. Most are okay. Increasingly they are self-published. Once in a blue moon, though, an absolute gem arrives. Not only is Bakken's book one of the absolute best training books I've ever read - and I've been devouring such publications since the early 1980s - but it is one of the best books about running, period.- Jason Henderson, Athletics Weekly
I have never read a training book that so engagingly, and at the same time so clearly, builds a solid bridge between the physiology of elite sport and the everyday life of the recreational runner. - Sven Kilander, Kondis Running Magazine
If you are going to invest in a running book you can actually trust and learn something from, we warmly recommend Marius Bakken's book. - Sara Pedersen, Runner's World Norway
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