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An athletic training technique, used especially in running, in which periods of intense effort alternate with periods of less strenuous effort in a continuous workout.
Swedish speed play fart running, speed (from fara to go, move) (from Old Norse per-2 in Indo-European roots) lek play (from leka to play) (from Old Norse leika)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Swedish.
From Wiktionary
One popular form of interval training is "fartlek", a Swedish word that means "speed play."
Meanwhile, the Swedes were developing a similar technique called the "fartlek," which means "speed play."
The fartlek is similar to interval training, but it is less structured.
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