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Run your target marathon pace by developing basic speed before anything else.

You know your workout is supposed to be easy, but you just can’t help dropping the hammer sometimes. A leading neuroscientist lifts the lid on what’s going on in your brain when this happens—and what you can do about it.

Get your fast-twitch muscles working harder for you with this two-part bike workout.

So you want to give the polarized training approach a go? Here’s how to map out your week using the 80/20 training model.

You might have heard of polarized training, but do you know how to implement it in your training? We’re here to help you get started.

This week’s Workout of the Week is a different one—it’s big, it’s stupid. The adventurers among you will love it.

Getting older doesn’t have to equate to getting slower. We chat with two world champion athletes who share their secrets of success when it comes to slowing the aging process.

We get asked a lot of great—and nerdy—questions via our Fast Talk Labs Forum. Every month we’ll now be taking the best questions and publishing our answers. This month, our in-house physiologist Rob Pickels tackles the topics of altitude training and the impact of body composition on hypothermia.

Looking to increase your run mileage and stay injury-free? The work starts in the gym—and we’ve got all you need to know to do it.

Then we’ve got some news you might like. Research out of Norway shows two shorter workouts can help build endurance in the same way those long workouts can.

We dive deep into the world of AI to understand how it can be used for optimal training and performance.

The benefits of polarized training are well known, but is there a minimal dose needed? We find out.

The semi-annual time change can often wreak havoc with our sleep and training. Find out how to mitigate its impact and use it to your advantage.

After talking about the benefits of cross training on the Fast Talk podcast, Coach Lauren Vallee gives us some of her go-to bike and run workouts that can help cyclists with their running—and runners with their cycling.

The concepts of central and peripheral conditioning help explain why an effective training base period leads to speed and durability in the race season.