Picture this: You’re training for a race and have been determined to knock a few minutes off your 10k time over the past year or so, but no matter how hard you push, you just can’t get faster than ...

I’ll be honest—I had zero running-related goals when I first started the sport over a decade ago. My reasoning for joining the track team as a high school freshman was pretty simple: To stay in shape ...

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Runners all have different goals. But one goal that’s common for all is running for an entire race or workout. Sometimes that means shaving a couple of seconds, or perhaps minutes, off their current ...

Perhaps, after your last marathon, you had this epiphany: “If I train a little harder, I bet I can get a proof of time that could get me into Boston!” Without the ability to run specific qualifying ...

Plyometrics are explosive exercises such as jumping, bounding, or hopping that train your muscles to generate maximum force in the shortest possible time, says Campus. 'Plyometrics is often called ...

Speed work isn’t just for serious runners. Up your pace just a little for a more efficient workout. By Hannah Singleton Hannah Singleton started doing speed work two years ago after she moved from ...

It is wise to practice taking military fitness tests, long before the real ones count toward your record or your chances of getting accepted into special programs. Otherwise, you are just guessing.