A fartlek, apparently, is "speed play" in Swedish. In running it means run faster at random intervals then back at "easy pace."
Today I participated in a fartlek run. We ran laps around a park and the running group officials blew a whistle once to indicate that we should speed up and twice to tell everyone to slow down to easy pace.
Easy pace is not walking. Just in case you were wondering. It's still running! Jeezo! So, you run and then run faster, then slow down, speed up, slow down, speed up, on and on. It feels a bit rough.
Anyway, the run was pretty tough but really, really good too. I think I'm almost becoming a runner. Who knew?
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