Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest person, ran a 100-meter sprint at a speed of 23.35 miles per hour (37.57 kilometers per hour). That’s mind-blowingly fast for a human. It’s about the same speed as ...

The 100-meter dash is over in a flash, but so much goes on in those 10 seconds (or 9.58 seconds, if you're Usain Bolt).

Two sprinters can cross the same finish line seconds apart, yet their strides may look nothing alike. One might stretch long, elastic steps across the track. Another may move with rapid turnover and ...

If American sprinters Tyson Gay and Walter Dix reprise their race in the U.S. Olympic trials at the Olympic finals in Beijing, you will see the athletes crouch low over the starting blocks. Gay's ...

Speed isn’t just for Olympians. Whether you’re chasing a faster 5K, picking up the pace on the pitch, or simply want to move with more power, sprint training is one of the most underrated additions to ...