Sprinting: what a simple concept. This sport could easily be summarized as running a short distance as quickly as possible, and for most of us amateurs, it would be making a foolish attempt at ...

Here’s an example. Running an ultra marathon requires endurance, because the goal is to maintain a steady pace for several ...

Sprinting builds muscle mass and strength, can increase your speed, and help tone muscles. Long-distance running may improve your cardiovascular endurance and respiratory system. Which is best depends ...

HIIT, or high-intensity interval training, is increasingly popular, and it provides plenty of benefits, from torching calories to increasing your VO2 max and overall athletic performance. SIT, or ...

Whether you live for speed work or dread running faster than easy pace, sprints offer benefits for most any training program—including long-distance events like half and full marathons. Not only can ...

Your running speed partly comes down to factors you can't control, like genetics, and partly relies on your training. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

If you have a half marathon or marathon on the horizon, or even a 10K, it might seem counterintuitive to go out and train your body to run 100 meters as fast as you can. But even if you’re gearing up ...

Running a half or full marathon is on many runners’ bucket lists, but to be the best runner possible, it’s important to regularly challenge yourself with different distances and types of runs—and that ...

The American sprint star opens up about his year-long training cycle that includes strength sessions and drills he hates—but ...