If you're keen to improve your running performance this year, it's worth adding tempo workouts to your regular training plan. Tempo running is described as a continuous run done at a sustained effort.

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 ...

When you’re new to running, you might hear other runners toss around the term “tempo run” and have no blessed idea what they’re talking about. Even if you’ve been running for awhile now, you might not ...

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When Nell Rojas journeyed to Kenya this winter, she was ready for a good chunk of training on the red dirt roads surrounding the Rift Valley town of Iten, home of many of the East African country’s ...

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Variety is the spice of life, and it’s certainly an essential ingredient in a training routine to keep it engaging. Whether that means changing your style of training, the activity you do, or the body ...

No matter how big your race goals are, it is absolutely possible to achieve them through running just three days a week. In fact, this training model can actually boost your performance if you focus ...