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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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n.

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.
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