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Whether you live for speed work or dread running faster than easy pace, sprints offer benefits for most any training program—including long-distance events like half and full marathons. Not only can ...

Walter Payton and Jerry Rice had a secret weapon in their training arsenals: Hill Sprints. They force you to use your body weight as resistance while you run on an incline. Add this exercise to your ...

Begin with a 10- to 15-minute warmup jog. Complete 6-8 sprints (3-4 x 45 seconds and 3-4 x 30 seconds) up an incline–the steeper, the more difficult. Lightly jog or briskly walk down the hill, ...