Running a faster race, or improving your performance for longer distance runs, do not just magically happen. Most runners need to include different types of running training sessions into their ...

Ever heard the expression “Smelling the barn?” When a horse returns to within sniffing range of the stable after a long ride, the horse spontaneously increases its pace to get the darn thing over with ...

If you’ve always wanted to finish a race with a negative split, or if you’re looking for a way to increase your overall speed, progression runs might be the missing link in your training. This type of ...

Diane Nukuri-Johnson trains in Iowa City, Iowa. A decade ago, Running Times published a story on progression runs, calling them a "Kenyan secret everyone can use." Today, they're no longer a secret; ...

There is nothing fun about this running progression, other than when it is done. Once you have improved your running pace with 400- and 800-meter goal pace repeats, the next challenge is to take it up ...

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 ...

For the past three years, my family has upheld the same end-of-summer tradition: On a Saturday in mid-August, we drive four hours north of San Francisco until we hit Eureka. On Sunday, we run the ...

If you have ever dabbled in triathlon training, you may have heard of (or tried) a workout referred to as a BRICK. The term "brick" could refer to what your legs feel like as you transition from the ...

The long run isn't sexy, but it is a staple of every triathlete’s training plan. If speed work is a Ferrari, then the long run is a diesel, one-ton pickup truck. It’s the steady dependable workhouse ...