For your body to run your goal 5K race pace more efficiently, you need to practice running it in training. The best way to do this is to incorporate a series of goal-paced workouts into your training ...

Does the thought of running a 5K take you back to high school and make you immediately want to stop reading this? Here's a chance to redefine your relationship with your speed. Exploring your 5K ...

Whether you're a new runner or a veteran, the 5k is an exciting race that blends speed and endurance. For novice athletes, running 3.1 miles without walking is a productive early running goal. For ...

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Let’s be honest. How many times have we started a training block for a 5-kilometer race and immediately jumped into 5 x 1K ...

If you're looking to get a new personal record in 2016, we have a 5K training plan for you. Designed for experienced runners, the plan is full of speedwork to help you push your training pace and get ...

A new study adds to existing evidence that strength training can improve your 5K time. This one, however, provides an important new wrinkle: You’d better keep at it. When the subjects stopped their ...

Which is harder: a 5K or a marathon? Ask a runner who specializes in either, and they’ll likely say it’s the other one. The truth is, both these distances can be seriously challenging—and training for ...

If you've ever done a track workout before, you know it's incredibly satisfying to fly down the lanes and really dig deep to beat the clock. Sure, long-distance runs and tempo runs have their charm, ...