If you want to run fast, the saying goes, you’ve got to run fast. To stoke speed, most runners do traditional speedwork: aiming for near race pace over distances of 400 meters or more, with recovery periods equal to the length of the repeat (or slightly less). Or you can get fast even faster with supershort, superfast efforts, sometimes referred to as high intensity interval training (HIIT). Read the full article in Runner’s World.
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Set Realistic Goals in the New Year
Whether you’re looking to run a new race distance, achieve a personal best, or just stay injury-free, accurately gauging your current fitness level will help you set challenging but reasonable goals. Read the full article in Runner’s World.
How to Learn From Your Race Experience
As you wrap up your 2012 training blocks and goal events, it’s wise to review how things went so you can make adjustments in the coming year. Read the full article in Runner’s World.
Less Does More
Streamline your schedule and start accomplishing more by running less. Here’s how to take a minimalist’s approach to achieving your goal to run fast, run far—or run yourself into a routine. Read the full article in Runner’s World.
Rest Right
Whether you regularly rip through mile repeats or you’re new to speedwork, you probably pay more attention to the time, pace, and effort of the hard work than you do to the rest in between. But recovery intervals are just as critical to performing your best. Read the full article in Runner’s World.