23 Strategies for Running Your Best 5K

To run your best 5K, your need to combine running with strength and power training. Learn how, plus more strategies to race your fastest 5K.

By Sabrina Grotewold

How Often Should You Race During Marathon Training?

Racing—whether to race at all and how often—during a marathon preparatory period is a controversial topic among coaches. Here's an end ...

By Pete Rea

Is Your Training Pace Fast Enough?

To get faster, you'll need to work the aerobic and anaerobic systems. Here's how you can incorporate a variety of workouts so you can avoid a perfo...

By Jason Fitzgerald

How to Prep the Week Before Your First Race

Start prepping for your first race at least a week before. Here's what you need to do and eat to perform at your best.

By Runner's World

Double Days: What They Are and How to Reap the Benefits

Doing more than one workout a day is designed to improve your fitness. As long as it's done intelligently, the more results you'll see long term. H...

By Caitlin Chock

The Best Race-Week 5K Workout

You're one week away from a 5K, and it's your goal to run the best time you can. Complete this workout during race week to prime your body to race ...

By Jason Fitzgerald

How to Gut It Out When You Want to Quit During Workouts

Each hard workout is a mental test: Will you stay tough or wimp out? Learn how to gut through the days when you're not at your best.

By Caitlin Chock

8 Ways Trail Running Can Improve Your 5K

To improve your 5K, you don't just need to pound the pavement. Here's how taking your training to the trail can improve strength, endurance and spe...

By Marc Lindsay