Did you know that if you introduce some speed work into your running that you can improve your speed, endurance and mental strength?
According to Runner’s World, “unlike tempo and interval work, fartlek is unstructured and alternates moderate-to-hard efforts with easy throughout. After a warmup, you play with speed by running at faster efforts for short periods of time (to that tree, to the sign) followed by easy-effort running to recover.”
Try these 6 fartlek workouts over 3 training phases to train your body to switch gears on command!
