Interval Training: Improving Your Run Times

While adding miles to your jogging routine will do wonders for your endurance and calories spent, it will not improve your 1.5mi times without a little tweaking.   If you want to run faster, it is pretty simple; you just need to speed up your pace.   Obviously this is easier said than done but short bursts of speed runs mixed in with low intensity jogging will train your body to operate at faster speeds.   I prefer to use visual ques like "I'm going to alternate between sprinting and jogging between mailboxes, driveways, trees, signs or whatever nature provides".   In addition to incorporating sprints into your workout, hills are also an awesome challenge.   Walter Payton was famous for running up a mountain.   Thats right folks, a mountain!   Step outside of your comfort zone and up your intensity for breaking through that next plateau.