Pete Magill

Pete Magill is a 63-year-old masters runner, coach, and writer. He is the lead author of the book BUILD YOUR RUNNING BODY (The Experiment, 2014) and author of THE BORN AGAIN RUNNER (The Experiment, 2016), SPEEDRUNNER (VeloPress, 2018), and FAST 5K: 25 CRUCIAL KEYS AND 4 TRAINING PLANS (VeloPress, 2019). Magill is a former senior writer and columnist for Running Times magazine, former Editor for Double Runner magazine, and a frequent contributor to the Runner's World, Outside, and Podium Runner websites. In his 30s, Magill was a screenwriter, with script sales to New Line Cinema and Disney. Magill has coached at the youth, high school, open, and masters levels. As a masters athlete, he’s led his Southern California clubs to 19 national championships in cross country and road racing. He’s a five-time USA Masters Cross Country Runner of the Year, the fastest-ever American distance runner over age 50 in the 5K and 10K (15:02, 31:11, respectively), and holds multiple American and world age group records. Magill lives in Kagel Canyon, California, and competes for the Cal Coast Track Club.