Becoming a Faster Runner
For persons with a desire to run competitively, against other racers or pushing for a new personal record (PR), there is a quest to determine how to increase speed within races.
So many strategies, theories and training programs have been written about how to become faster as a runner. Regardless of the method and strategy one pursues, common characteristics in becoming faster include:
- Positive attitude and visualization when training, recovering, and racing
- Discipline and consistency in training
- Repetition of best practices while training
- Proper nutrition and resting / recovery
- Stretching and strength training
Fartleks and Interval Training
Here is a nice outline listing of items to consider in starting on the pursuit to become faster as a runner, with links to more information on special speed-focused workouts such as fartleks and interval training.
It may not be feasible for you to adopt all 25 of these practices at once. Instead, it is a good inventory list to guide you, and you can experiment with which of these practices work best for you.