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–noun
a training technique, used esp. among runners, consisting of bursts of intense effort loosely alternating with less strenuous activity.

[Origin: 1950–55; < Sw fart speed + lek play]
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fart·lek    Audio Help   (färt'lěk)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. 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.
  2. A workout using this technique.


[Swedish, speed play : fart, running, speed (from fara, to go, move, from Old Norse; see per-2 in Indo-European roots) + lek, play (from leka, to play, from Old Norse leika).]

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fartlek

noun
a method of athletic training (especially for runners) in which strenuous effort and normal effort alternate in a continuous exercise 

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