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 ...
Esmée Gummer hit an 11-minute Hyrox PB just weeks after a 60km race – all while preparing for a 5,000km ultra across the UK.
Speed and endurance are often viewed as opposing qualities, but in reality, they are deeply interconnected. Speed is the ability to move quickly, relying on fast-twitch muscle fibers and explosive ...
You know the saying, “It’s a marathon, not a sprint?” It may be used as a reminder to stop moving at warp speed and stay present, but it’s also clearly inspired by the idea that you can’t run 26.2 ...
Most training plans suggest mixing runs of various lengths and speeds, with a shift in focus - from endurance to speed, typically - as you get closer to a goal race. This approach, “periodsation,” is ...
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 ...
Start sprint interval training with this beginner training plan that also works as a 5K training plan. Plus, who can benefit from interval training and more.
Technically, speed goes first, but the outcome for distance runners is a loss of endurance. First off, before I explain more, don’t get mad. Every time I address age-related performance decline in ...