Flying Sprints Guide + 3 Flying Sprints Workouts For All Runners
Prepare for take-off with this new speed workout.
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How To Increase Your Speed: 14 Exercises To Run Faster
Who doesn’t want to run faster? Whether you’re a dedicated distance runner who can be seen logging miles every morning and is always training for some kind of race, or you play basketball, tennis, soccer, or any other type of sport that involves any bit of running – the faster you can run, the better … Read more
5 Great Track Workouts For Distance Runners
During a race training process, a wide variety of workouts can be incorporated into your training plan, such as tempo runs, lactate threshold work, progression runs, Fartleks, track workouts and strength training. The primary purpose of track workouts for distance runners is to help develop your speed, comfort running faster, familiarity with race pace, and … Read more
The 70 All-Time Best Running Songs To Get You Pumped Up
What better way to get you through that challenging speed workout, 3-hour long run, or hill sprint session than an awesome pump-you-up playlist of the best running songs out there? True, we all have different tastes in music, and not everyone is going to love every song on these lists. Still, I hope to help … Read more
The 6 Best Sprint Workouts For Beginners To Help You Get Faster
When we hear the term sprinting, we most likely think of the famous Olympic champs Usain Bolt and his 100-meter world record time of 9.58 seconds and Florence Griffith-Joyner’s world record 100-meter time of 10.49 seconds. Their arms pumping, an inexplicable force driving these machines of human beings forward at unbelievable speeds; it all just … Read more
5 Ultimate HIIT Treadmill Workouts To Get Faster
The vast majority of runners would probably agree that running outside along your favorite trail or route on a beautiful spring or fall day is the best way to enjoy your miles. However, when the seasons change and the bitter winter winds and dark, snowy mornings replace the mild temperatures you relished, many runners must … Read more
Tabata Sprints + 28 Tough Tabata Workout Ideas For Strong Runners
Some days, we have all the time we need for a good warmup, a nice long run, and even some post-run stretches and core exercises. On other days, finding just ten minutes to ourselves is a miracle, whether to scarf down a quick bite, jump in the shower, or make a cup of tea. When you’re … Read more
10 Strength Training Tips For Runners, By A Sports Therapist
As a sport, running is littered with injuries, and it doesn’t need to be. Incorporating a consistent and well-planned strength training program into your schedule is absolutely essential to longevity and performance. Whether you do bodyweight or resistance band workouts, use free weights like dumbbells, kettlebells, and barbells, or use the weight machines at the … Read more
The 5 Best Hill Sprint Workouts For Explosive Speed
If you are looking for a running workout that will test your physical and mental toughness to the max, look no further because hill sprint workouts it is! Hill sprints are short bursts of an almost all-out effort running uphill, followed by rest. They are a combination of HIIT and strength training workouts, with some … Read more
10 Of The Best Hill Workouts For Runners
I think many runners can relate to me when I say I have a love/hate relationship with hill workouts. This is most certainly because hill sprints and longer hill training sessions are challenging and require a lot of mental and physical grit to complete while at the same time being an incredibly beneficial and efficient … Read more
Want To Get Faster? Try Out The 80/20 Running Method
When I coached high school track and cross country, there was an assistant coach who would tell the runners, especially during the long, slow, base-building summer runs, “you’ve got to go slow to go fast.” They would look at him skeptically, but his advice, while perhaps counterintuitive, is actually quite sound. Research has shown that … Read more
6 Essential Bodyweight Exercises For Runners
You probably already know that running is excellent for building your cardiovascular health. But what about muscular health? By improving your muscular strength, you will improve your overall health and running performance, as well as help reduce and minimize injuries. Some basic strength training is an important part of any good marathon training plan. So, … Read more
Our Complete Strength Training Plan For Runners
Including strength training in your weekly routine is important for being a well-rounded, strong athlete and runner, staying injury-free, and performing at your best in your training sessions and races. In this guide, we have created a strength training program for runners designed to support your needs as an athlete, improve performance, and decrease the … Read more
The Game-Changing Magic Of Hill Running + 8 Tough Hill Workouts
Incorporating uphill running into your training program will improve your running performance, speed, endurance, and running economy. I know quite a few runners who try to avoid hill running, and for good reason: it’s hard! I would be lying if I didn’t share that I always feel a bit anxious before my hill workouts. I … Read more
What’s A Good 1000m Time? Good + Average Times By Age & Sex
Although most adult distance runners focus on race distances like 5k, 10k, half marathon, or marathon, plenty of high school and collegiate runners, as well as open and masters athletes who enter track meets, push the pace with the 1,000-meter race. However, because it’s not as common to find 1000m races, it can be hard … Read more
More Of Our Most Useful Running Resources:
Running Calculators
Running Pace Calculator
Race Time Predictor
Marathon Finish Time Predictor
Marathon Pace Calculator
Age-Graded Finishing Time Calculator
Half Marathon Resources
How To Train For a Half Marathon (Article)
Best Half Marathon Running Shoes
Half Marathon Training Plans
Free 5-day Half Marathon Bootcamp
The Half Marathon Masterclass
Marathon Training Resources
How To Train For a Marathon
Best Marathon Running Shoes
Marathon Training Plans
Free Marathon Meal Plans
Free 5-day Marathon Training Bootcamp
The Marathon Training Masterclass
Ultramarathon Training Resources
How To Train For an Ultramarathon
Best GPS Watches for Ultrarunners
Ultramarathon Training Plans
Free 5-day Ultra Runner’s Bootcamp
The Ultra Runner’s Playbook
