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Jonah Rosenberg A few weeks ago, one of the runners I coach reached out. She felt discouraged. Her running was unstructured, inconsistent, and, she felt, pointless. She genuinely loves running; she just felt stuck. Like most of us, she’s had no races to train for. I estimate 99 percent of the runners I coach only follow a training plan if there’s a race at the end of it. In the Before COVID Times, this was fine. They’d train, race, and recover—then repeat. But it’s been a year without most major running events, so I imagine you have also felt similarly discouraged.

each month (about double the number of January 5K challenge runners pre-pandemic). Why the sudden surge in popularity? “5K training entails working on speed, power, and endurance: all the things that you would get out of even a marathon training plan, but in much more bite-sized chunks,” says Jes Woods, certified coach for Nike Running, Brooklyn Track Club, and Chaski Endurance. “It’s an accessible challenge, but it sets you up to be in shape for any distance.” You don’t even need to join an online community to race a 5K; the beauty of a virtual 5K challenge is that “it’s ju...

Need a New Challenge? Improve Your 5K Time In Just 4 Weeks Ashley Mateo © David Jaewon Oh With few (or no) races on the calendar, this month-long challenge will boost your speed and give you the opportunity to focus on a plan. The 5K is by far the most popular distance race, according to Running USA’s 2019 U.S. Running Trends report. There were 8.9 million 5K race registrations in 2019, and it’s the only distance recording an increase year-over-year (the second most popular distance, the half marathon, racked up just 1.79 million registrations). But even with many race...