Follow this advice for what to do a week before, a few days before, and the morning of your big day. Plus, how to recover.

Once you've completed a few 5Ks, you either graduate to running longer distances, or you shift your attention on how to run ...

If you’ve never run a race before, putting one on your calendar might seem scary: Will I feel out of place? What should I wear? How long is a 5K anyway? (It’s 3.1 miles.) I remember being ...

It’s the opening days of spring, and it’s officially time to get out your running sneakers. Whether you’re a would-be beginner or a veteran runner, spring signals the start of many race calendars.

It’s not just you—more and more people are taking up running: Fitness-tracking app Strava saw a four percent increase in runs ...

Confronted with this harsh reality, I’ve found it difficult to push myself beyond the 5k distance I reached over a year ago. I’ve managed to run 10k a handful of times, but it’s always been ...

But keeping track of those steps – or knowing how many you should be aiming for – can be hard, which is why we’re here to explain how many steps there are in a 5k, whether you walk or run ...

To run harder for longer, you might consider threshold running. Rather than concentrating on pace, you're looking at effort – what fitness folks say is comfortably hard and below your optimum 5k ...