Movie Fartleks

No, this is not what happens when you eat beans then go see a movie...Fartleks is a training method that blends continuous training with interval training. I read about these often and try to figure out fun ways to add them to my run to improve my time. Enter Movie Fartleks, or Rocking Fartleks...still working on a title.

So here is the idea...you add songs to your playlist from a movie, I am going to use Hunger Games as an example, then when you go out for your run put your playlist on shuffle. When a song from said movie comes up run like you are a character in the movie. In Hunger Games run like you are Katniss being chased by careers. It is a fun a playful way to do speed drills without thinking about it.

Do research on your soundtracks, use Jog FM to look at pace times and BPM. Have fun. Another great idea is Twilight, great songs on their soundtracks. Add some intense ones (vampire baseball anyone) and then run like you are being chased by the Vultari. The possibilities are endless. I am going to make up and post more charts like below for ideas. Try to stick to action films which tend to have faster songs and well crazier characters to run from.

Don't think that this is only for running, you can Fartlek walking too to help improve your time. Speed drills can work for anything.