Let’s travel back to the Paris Olympics—the women’s marathon event in particular. Twenty kilometers into the race, Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands was holding her pace and biding her time. “The moment ...

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If you are looking to shave seconds (or even minutes) off your run times, you might think the answer is simply to run more miles per week or push harder on your goal-paced intervals. However, as ...

One of the most common goals among runners? Run faster. Whether you recently started chasing miles and want to pick up the pace or you have your sights set on a race day PR, there are plenty of ...

Training for a marathon? We spoke with experts to figure out whether hill repeats or tempo runs are the fastest path to ...

After running at a consistent pace for a long period of time, it’s natural to wonder what you need to do to learn how to run faster. There are many ways to safely increase your endurance, strength, ...

The phrase “putting the hammer down” commonly refers to drivers smashing the accelerator pedal to pick up a burst of speed, often to beat a waning yellow light. Runners use this idiom in much the same ...

You will feel this workout even if you only do a third of it. The bike-run-swim, max-effort triathlon can be done individually in under 20 minutes each, or you can double up and make a "BR-ick" out of ...

You can boost your explosive jumping power and engage your fast-twitch muscle fibers with jump squats. This strength and conditioning plyometric move is worthy of any high-intensity interval training ...