“The long slow day is the single most important run in any training plan, regardless of race distance,” says Mark Wooten, an ...

No matter how many times I’ve been told (or written about) the importance of a slow run, I cannot translate it into my training. This is not to say that I am the fastest runner. My goal half marathon ...

There are mainly two types of runners with two main types of training programs: running fast for short distances and long-distance runners who are slower. As discussed in the article about energy ...

I won’t pretend to be impartial here: I love the mile. It demands the legs of a sprinter, the lungs of a marathoner, and the tactical cunning of a chess grandmaster. Lasting roughly four minutes, it’s ...

The fastest Olympic sprint was Usain Bolt’s 100 meters at the London Games, averaging more than 23 miles per hour for 9.63 seconds. Marathoners, who run for two hours, top out around half of Bolt’s ...