Fartlek

Your weekly guided tour of the best new research and articles on running from around the web.

3 pro tips to restore your childlike joy of running fast and make speedwork more enjoyable and effective

Try this simple, fun, and effective structured fartlek to cultivate sprint speed and improve your 5k-marathon time.

Speedwork need not be a mystery — here are all the basic types of speed workouts and how to add them to your training to become a faster runner.

On Athletics Club Coach Dathan Ritzenhein, coach of olympians Alicia Monson and Joe Klecker, outlines three favorite workouts he used to keep them fresh at any point in the year.

For a change of pace, try this mixed-bag workout to fine-tune your change of speed.

Sometimes the best run is somewhere between hard and easy. Here are three uses for moderate runs, and three examples to try.

This fun and unique workout teaches you to pace with precision.

Making your fartlek workouts more flexible can be surprisingly effective.

With a return to racing nowhere in sight, a coach suggests ways to keep your running on a long-term upward trajectory.

Try this challenging and mentally-engaging multi-pace workout to introduce speed in a time-based, road-friendly format.

We break down the benefits of time and distance training methods.