WHEN YOU FIRST get into running, your routine probably looks something like this: Lace up the best running shoes you own, hit a quick warmup, and then hit the road for a set time, distance, or route.

Running seems like a simple sport. But once new runners start hanging around other runners, they start to hear about long runs, tempo runs, speed workouts, strides, hill workouts, and even the strange ...

If you’ve ever followed a training plan or even read through one, you’ve probably seen the names of a few types of runs. You might have come across terms like “interval run” or “tempo workout” or ...

Imagine a workout on your training plan: 20-minute easy running warm-up with a couple of strides to loosen up, 20-minute tempo run, 20-minute easy-running cool down. Now let's flex that imagination ...

Q: According to many of the training books and articles I've read, raising lactate threshold is best done by running at (more or less) exactly threshold pace. Interval training is reserved for raising ...

This is an article recently written by a friend of mine, retired Royal Commando "Sol" Sollerer. A number of people have approached me, saying they have reached a plateau in terms of how fast they can ...