OK, you can stop laughing right now. "Fartlek" is a type of interval speed training that runners do in order to increase their race pace. I am starting these on Tuesday nights in order to get my body used to a faster pace. My surname, "Reid", stands for "extremely slow movement or individual where muscles are made up of primarily slow twitch fibers". I'm gonna need a lot of fartlek to get faster.
Here's the Wikipedia definition:
Fartlek, which means "speed play" in Swedish, is a form of conditioning which puts stress mainly on the aerobic energy system due to the continuous nature of the exercise. The difference between this type of training and continuous training is that the intensity or speed of the exercise varies, meaning that aerobic and anaerobic systems can be put under stress. Most fartlek sessions last a minimum of 45 minutes and can vary from aerobic walking to anaerobic sprinting. Fartlek training is generally associated with running, but can include almost any kind of exercise.
seriously...stop laughing...it's freakin swedish!!!!!!!
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