March 6th, 2010

Anatomy Of A Fartlek Run

( See all Running entries here)

Today I ran my first fartlek run. Fartlek is a funny word and it originates from Sweden. It literally means “speedplay”. The goal of a Fartlek run is not unlike the goal of a tempo run. It is meant to improve lactate threshold. While the tempo run is meant to be a gradual steady incline [...]

Tags: Fartlek Run, Lactate Threshold

Add a comment

March 4th, 2010

Anatomy Of A Tempo Run

( See all Running entries here)

As you probably have figured it out by now what started out as a fat loss blog is turning into a running blog. I’m still very much into my fat loss, but now I run like crazy instead of spending time on the elliptical machine to get my daily dose of cardio exercise. I really [...]

Tags: Lactate Threshold, Tempo Run

3 Comments