Pace Scale

What is Fartlek?

Fartlek means ‘speed play’ in Swedish. These are fun, unstructured speed sessions.

In these workouts, you’re encouraged to change up your speed throughout the run and challenge yourself with periods of running fast, followed by easier portions of running slow.

These are really guided by you and how you feel on the day. You can set yourself time missions (say run fast for a minute, slow for 2) or you can race yourself to a marker on your run (say run fast down one street, then slow down on the next street). There’s really no rules with a fartlek workout!