Running Workouts:
Tempo Run
- Warm up for 10 minutes
- Pick up the pace to a difficult, but sustainable speed for 15 minutes. You should be breathing hard and able to utter a couple words at a time, but not relaxed enough to have a conversation.
- Cool down for 10 minutes
Fartlek
- Warm up for 10 minutes
- Pick up the pace to a hard, sustainable speed for 1 minute
- Slow down to a jog for 1 minute
- Pick up the pace for 2 minutes
- Jog for 2 minutes
- Pick up the pace for 3 minutes
- Jog for 3 minutes
- Pick up the pace for 2 minutes
- Jog for 2 minutes
- Pick up the pace for 1 minute
- Cool down for 10 minutes
- 3
- of
- 4
About the Author
Mackenzie Lobby is a Minneapolis-based freelance writer and photographer with a Master's in Kinesiology from the University of Minnesota. She has run 10 marathons and is a USATF certified coach. When she's not writing, she's out swimming, biking, and running the Minneapolis Chain of Lakes. Check out her website at mackenzielobby.com.
Get ACTIVE on the Go
Couch to 5K®
The best way to get new runners off the couch and across the finish line of their first 5K.
Available for iOS | Android
Discuss This Article