Racing your way up the distances from 5k to marathon distance is not altogether a bad idea. To prepare for the 2012 Olympics, Kara Goucher raced a 10K in March and a half marathon in June before ...

Training for a faster 5K race is a great short-term goal for all runners, even those who love marathons or half marathons. First, you can quickly celebrate the results of your training—there is an ...

The Runner’s World Guide to 3-Day-a-Week Training was created with our three-day training plans in mind.

Even if you’ve never run before, running your first 5K is 100 percent achievable, regardless of your fitness level, as long as you have patience, persistence, and motivation. Of course, it also helps ...

Set your sights on a new PR with our 5k training plan for intermediate runners, featuring easy runs, tempo runs, and speed work. The path to a personal best is paved with persistence and the right ...

To run longer distances, you should fuel yourself with a healthy snack, use proper form, maintain a conversational pace, and ...

Whether you're a brand-new runner or aspiring speedster, lace up your shoes for this 5-week running challenge with two 5K training plans. Kick-starting your running routine (or kicking your current ...

On the surface, 5K runners and half marathoners have a lot in common: Both lace up their running shoes, consistently pound pavement, and follow a detailed training plan. But when it comes down to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. No Boundaries is a Walk/Run 5K (3.1 miles) ...

For the first 29 years of my life, I thought I couldn’t run. I’d been led to believe there were two types of people: athletic ones who played sports and could run, and people like me, for whom getting ...

The 5K is an amazingly diverse event. Some people just hope to cross the finish line in one piece, while others train hardcore to break the 20-minute mark. Some events are all about fun and games, but ...

The battle of the bulge is not just for people anymore. Not surprisingly, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reports that 74% of adults aged 20 and older are overweight, including those clinically ...