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 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.

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 ...

But if you feel confused by all the different types of runs, don’t know which runs are the most important and have no idea how to execute each workout properly, you’ve arrived at the right place. Here ...

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 ...

Richard A. Lovett is my professional name. Friends know me as Rick. I’ve done a lot of things in my life, including getting a Ph.D., and being a law prof, but these days, I’m primarily a writer and ...

We dig into the science around how to run faster so you can get the most from your runs. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Running ...