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Ready, set, fartlek workout!
This is a fun take on a fartlek workout for runners training for a 5k. You can also modify it for longer races by adjusting the duration of each interval and pace that you run.
Fartlek is Swedish for “speed play.” Fartlek workouts involve incorporating bursts of faster running in the middle of your run, without stopping or resting in between intervals.
In other words, you will shift from a standard training pace to a race pace or threshold effort, depending on the goals of the goals for a given length of time or distance, and then shift back down to your training pace (or slightly slower). This is repeated throughout the workout for as many intervals as you have slated for the run.
Fartlek workouts are great for building physical and mental stamina to handle faster paces for longer distances. They will also train your body to shift into a faster gear even when you are tired, which just might…
