Running

How to Train for Your First 5K

This beginner-friendly plan can help you become a 5K runner in just 90 days.

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Talks — S2, EP12 / Get Your Run On

Regardless of your age, speed, geographic location, or economic status, running can be a lifelong sport. Coach Frankie Ruiz, co-founder of the Life Time–Miami Marathon, shares his top tips for training, whether you’re a new runner or getting back into it.

With Coach Frankie Ruiz

Running Sports & Recreation

The Sprint Workout

Bump up your pace and your conditioning — and have some fun — with these sprint workouts.

By Andrew Heffernan

Body-Weight Workouts Endurance

How to Use a 5K to Measure Your Progress – Whether You’re a Runner or Not

Training for a 5K can be a great way to achieve and maintain higher levels of fitness, endurance, and strength — whether you're a runner or not.

By Paul Kriegler, RD, CPT

Fitness Tips Running

How to Run Mindfully

Here's how to turn running into an integrated mind–body exercise.

By Matthew Sanford

Fitness Tips Mindfulness/Meditation

Man running outside in a beautiful landscape.

Trail Running Tips and Drills to Run Stronger, Injury-Free

Trail running offers a unique blend of mental and physical training. These expert tips can help you stay injury-free and enjoy fitness gains.

By Sarah Tuff

Fitness Tips Running

7 Things Your Body Is Doing While You Run

When you run, your body is constantly calibrating. Here is just a snapshot of what it's doing.

By Michael Dregni

Fitness Tips Running

The cover of Running Outside the Comfort Zone

A Run on the Wild Side

One runner takes on the world’s wackiest races — and lives to write about it.

By Michael Dregni

Running Sports & Recreation

Illustration of a person putting on a sock.

Running Your First 5K? Start Here.

Try this “beginner’s running recipe” from Life Time Run to get yourself race-ready.

By Rebekah Mayer

Fitness Tips Running

How to Increase Your Running Speed

Running coaches share their tips on building speed for both short and long distances.

By Nicole Radziszewski

Body-Weight Workouts Intervals & Circuit Training

In Praise of Mud Runs

Raised in pristine white dresses, our fitness editor has learned the value — and joy — of getting dirty.

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Personal Development Running

Build Strength, Cardio, and Endurance With This Hill-Run Workout

This high-intensity workout takes hill repeats to the next level.

By Nicole Radziszewski

Body-Weight Workouts Cardio

The legs of a woman running on a treadmill.

The Workout: The Cardio Challenge

This HIIT routine reimagines the treadmill jog, burning fat and building endurance in a quick workout.

By Lauren Bedosky

Cardio Endurance

Close up cropped low angle photo of shoe of female athlete on the starting line of a stadium track, preparing for a run.

3 Months to Your First 5K

Competitive running doesn’t require superhuman athletic ability — just a willingness to train and a realistic plan. Here’s how to make it to the finish line for the first time.

By Dave Kuehls

Running Sports & Recreation