Workout of the Week: Rat-a-Tat 400s
Want to break up a tempo workout and get all the benefits? Try these short cruise intervals.
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Richard A. Lovett
Richard A. Lovett is a coach and writer in Portland, Oregon. As a coach, he works with Team Red Lizard in Portland, Oregon, where he has trained recreational racers, national age-group champions, and competitors in the last three Olympic Trials marathons. He is also an award-winning science fiction writer and author of 10 books (four of them on running) and 3,500 magazine and newspaper articles. Before finding his career in journalism he studied astrophysics, got a law degree and a Ph.D. in economics, and taught law at the University of Minnesota—a diverse background that has led him to write about a wide array of topics. Find him on Facebook or visit his website.
My Stories
How to Get DQ’d from a Race — or Not: Inside Track Rules and Enforcement
Rules, rules and more rules. In the Olympics, you have to do more than just run fast to reach the finish line.
How Hot Is Too Hot to Run?
As events as big as the Olympic Trials get rescheduled because of heat, we went to the science to find out how you should decide when it is too hot to run safely.
Can You Get PEDs In Pork? All Your Shelby Houlihan Burrito Questions, Answered.
The news of Shelby Houlihan's four-year ban created an outpouring of confusion. We waded through the science and research to help answer some of the top questions.
How to Hijack Your Physiology to Become a Smarter Sweater in the Heat
Spicy days are here, here’s how to acclimate to heat and get an edge on your competitors.
Train Your Mind (and Body) With This Psych Hacking Workout
By hiding the finish line, the clever "whistle drill" workout forces you to push past your psychological limitations.
Not Just for Gods: You Too Can Do Pre’s 200s
Try this famously fast and wicked workout used by Steve Prefontaine and Galen Rupp to hone speed endurance.
Filling the Unforgiving Minute: Predict Your Mile Time With the Kosmin Test
A test to predict what you could run in a mile race today, that doubles as a unique workout.
Why You Should Try Oddball Intervals
Running uncommon distances — 7 x 700m anyone? — can be freeing, fun and a fast track to a breakthrough.
Try this Fun Inverted Pyramid Workout to Build Miler Speed
This challenging interval workout is perfect for sharpening road warriors to run the mile, or just to keep you in touch with speed.
Suffer From Pre-Race Anxiety? Here’s How to Accept the Pain
The psychology behind why we get so nervous before a race and strategies for coping with the impending pain.
Looking for a New and Different 5K Workout? Try This 1000-Meter Countdown
A unique 1000-meter ladder workout you can do at almost any time in your training cycle for the 5K or 10K.