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n. - A method of athletic training (especially for runners) in which strenuous effort and normal effort alternate in a continuous exercise.

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  • One of the most popular types of cardio training is interval training also known as fartlek running.
  • You don't find the word "fartlek" in the least bit amusing.
  • Every so often a "fartlek" is called out and paddlers rev up and exert themselves for two or three minutes, raising the boat speed to 12 or 13 mph.
  • Then we do fartlek, tempo runs, interval ladders … what else?
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