Tag Archives: Run by Feel

Fartlek (speedplay)

Fartlek is a mixture of aerobic and anaerobic running without any set structure for when you decide to put in hard efforts. Likewise you can vary the exact intensity and length of faster running any way you want. Instruction: Warm-up 10 – 15 minutes Run the whole gamut of paces over an undulating area such…

Rate of perceived effort (RPE)

Rate of perceived effort (RPE)

Rate of perceived effort (or exertion) simply provides a subjective way for you to describe how hard you would rate a given workout after having performed it or, sometimes such as during exercise tests, during the actual workout itself. The system was first popularised by my namesake Dr. Borg (no relation) who discovered that a…

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