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fart⋅lek

  [fahrt-lek]
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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   (färt'lěk)   
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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