Fartlek is a Swedish word meaning speed play. It’s a simple, natural form of speed training that can be worked into any daily run. During a run of a given distance, you accelerate – to the next telephone pole, to the end of the block, to any landmark. When you have pushed as long and [...]

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Long Slow Distance or Long Steady Distance (LSD) is running at moderate intensity just below your maximum aerobic heart rate. The LSD run is at a comfortable pace that, for most runners, is about 2 minutes slower per mile than their current 10k pace. You should be able to easily carry on a conversation without [...]

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Anaerobic literally means “without oxygen”.  Anaerobic running is when you exceed the speed and/or distance for which you have trained. The muscles are pushed beyond their capacity and need more oxygen than the body can supply. For a limited period of time, muscles continue to function by utilising chemical processes that free oxygen from within [...]

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The Cooper test is a test of aerobic fitness (the ability of the body to use oxygen to power it while running). It was designed by Kenneth H. Cooper in 1968 for US military use. In the original form, the point of the Cooper test is to run as far as possible within 12 minutes. [...]

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Aerobic exercise refers to exercise that involves or improves oxygen consumption by the body. Aerobic means “in the presence of oxygen”, and refers to the use of oxygen in the body’s metabolic or energy-generating process. Many types of exercise are aerobic, and by definition are performed at moderate levels of intensity for extended periods of [...]

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