"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Ultimately, “slow” is relative and subjective, but it’s a word that can sometimes be used to discredit ...

If you’re like many runners, especially starting out, you push the pace. Getting ready for a big race might make you do it too. Faster feels totally logical for getting good race times. This idea ...

WHEN I FIRST started running long distances, I had one goal: go as fast as I could for as long as I could. I ran the same 5k route a few times a week, always aiming to go faster. Every time out needed ...

When I was on my weight-loss kick over three years ago, my goal was just to survive running a 10K — and even then I was highly skeptical about just trying it. While I did complete my first — and only ...

Running too fast is a beginner mistake, but that doesn’t mean your runs always have to be turtle-slow. If you’re a beginner runner, you’ve probably heard the advice that you’re running too fast and ...

Welcome to Training Diaries, a Lifehacker series about my journey to the 2023 TCS New York City Marathon. This series will cover all the ups, downs, and hill repeats on my journey to the biggest ...

The story is a familiar one; when people first start running longer distances, there is often just one goal: go as fast as possible for as long as possible. The thing is, after a few months of hitting ...

Back in high school, I joined the cross country team, and I came in last place during every single 5K race. At the time, I was incredibly self-conscious and embarrassed that my friends were faster ...

This fall, three relay teams of four Daily Arts staffers will train for and run the Probility Ann Arbor Marathon. But as writers, we can’t just run the race — we have to write about our past ...

I’m about to start week four of a couch-to-5-K training plan. I am running on a treadmill in shoes fitted by a local running store. The training plan, and every forum I've seen, indicates that I ...