Richard A. Lovett is my professional name. Friends know me as Rick. I’ve done a lot of things in my life, including getting a Ph.D., and being a law prof, but these days, I’m primarily a writer and ...

WHEN YOU FIRST get into running, your routine probably looks something like this: Lace up the best running shoes you own, hit a quick warmup, and then hit the road for a set time, distance, or route.

Runners throw around the term “tempo run” like confetti. It’s confusing, even for well seasoned athletes, because it’s not a cut-and-dried definition like a lactate threshold workout. In order to make ...