5K challenge: How to walk or run 3 miles in just 6 weeks

Whether you're a beginner or more advanced, we've got a 5K training plan to get you to the finish line.

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WALK/RUN PLAN LEAD

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Diet & Fitness

COVID-19 Test Kits

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Health & Wellness

As temperatures cool off, 5 mistakes to avoid when storing at-home COVID tests

Temperature changes — including extreme heat and cold — may affect results.

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Cold & Flu

Doctor shares 3 main differences between RSV, flu and COVID symptoms

Experts share the different symptoms of the flu, COVID-19, the common cold or RSV and how to protect kids from seasonal illnesses.

A ROOM-BY-ROOM CLEANING GUIDE

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BETTER Guides

Cleaning? This interactive room-by-room guide will make it easier

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Bedroom

Refresh your mattress and carpet with this simple solution

How to deep clean your kitchen quickly

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Kitchen

Time-saving cleaning hacks for your kitchen

Living Room

Try these hacks to clean and deodorize your living room

Bathroom

How to clean your shower head and shower door

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Make herb-roasted chicken and use the leftovers in a harissa-spiced pasta

Dinner

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Cut the sugar and fat with these oven-baked Korean chicken wings

Diet & Fitness

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Make Iraqi-spiced salmon for dinner and use the leftovers on tartines

Dinner

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3 speedy sheet-pan suppers that will be your weeknight superheroes

One-Pot Recipes

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Stuff healthy bell peppers with classic taco fillings

Dinner

Pickled Red Onions with Thyme leaves

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This 5-minute pickled onion recipe will transform any meal

Diet & Fitness

This soup is scented with chili, cumin and coriander, and topped with all kinds of deliciousness, like avocado and tortilla crisps.

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Mexican chicken tortilla soup

Cold weather cures

Like most noodle dishes, this red curry recipe is ripe for improvisation. Halibut, cod, salmon or chicken make great swaps for the shrimp. Or, go vegan with tofu or chickpeas.

Thai red curry

Sweet & Spicy

Trini-Chinese Chicken

Trini-Chinese chicken

Taste of the Islands

Instant Pot Vegetarian Chili

Instant Pot vegetable chili

Set It and Forget It

This is the perfect dish if you need to feed a crowd on the quick.

Steak and Guinness stew

Cold Weather Cures

Broccoli mac and cheese

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Mac and cheese

Fast Fix

Fried, baked or broiled, no matter how you cook your fish, it can always be improved with a simple salsa and some lime-flecked crema.

Fish tacos with salsa and lime crema

Better than Takeout

Crispy chicken parm is an ideal candidate for the air fryer — you just need to make a few modifications.

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Air fried chicken parm

Crunch, crunch

Roasted brussels sprouts.

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Crispy 'fried' Brussels sprouts

Better eats

Melissa Clark's Easy Weeknight Pressure-Cooker Chili

Easy Instant Pot chili

Quick Fix

The roasted garlic and a few of the cauliflower florets are used to make a garlic yogurt sauce to finish the dish.

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Chicken and cauliflower traybake with garlic sauce

One Pan Wonders

Chungah Rhee's Instant Pot Beef Stew is the perfect laid-back St. Patrick's Day Sunday meal.

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A beef stew you can make in your Instant Pot

One-Pot Wonders

Just a two to four minutes under the broiler yields a crispy wing that's bursting with flavor.

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Spicy Instant Pot wings

Weekend Wings

Moroccan chickpea salad

Salad Days

DEBT DIARIES

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A BETTER Way

Do this to get out of debt and build a 'wealth snowball'

I Tried It

What I learned when I gave up my credit card for a month

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A Bright Idea

Want to get out of debt and save money? Try the 50-20-30 rule

Debt-Free Lifestyle

How the '50/50 path' can help you pay off your mortgage

One-Two Punch

The method that helped a couple pay off $65,000 in debt in five years

better

Upgrade your next gathering with a graze board

If you don’t know what a graze board is, think charcuterie board meets cheese platter, with all sorts of other goodies added on.

A BETTER DAY

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Morning Mantras

Do this in the morning to make your whole day more productive

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Stay Woke

This 30-minute morning routine will change the tone of your day

Turn your post-workout stretch routine into a meditation by simply focusing on your breathing while stretching.

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60-second hacks

6 ways to improve your health in one minute flat

Quick Fixes

Running on empty? These energy-boosting tips will get you through

Spark Joy

How to pack a suitcase with organizational guru Marie Kondo

Pro Tips

The strong morning routine that helps this Broadway star face her fears

CAREER STRATEGIES

Transform your life with tips for improving your career path, productivity and more from NBCNews BETTER.

CLEANING GUIDES

Hate cleaning? This room-by-room cleaning guide will help you get it done fast.

These month-long workout plans will tone your body, build muscle and torch calories.

Recipes: 100+ healthy, easy recipes to try this week

Transform your life with easy tips for financial success and money management from NBCNews BETTER.

Can't sleep? Unlock the secrets to better sleep with tips and tricks from sleep experts.

HOLIDAY SURVIVAL GUIDE

Recipe ideas, cleaning tips and coping strategies to help you survive holiday 2019 from NBC News BETTER.

Your Brain On

How exercise benefits your brain as well as your body

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Batch Cocktails: Make-Ahead Pitcher Drinks for Every Occasion

Inspired Sips

4 make-ahead batch cocktails for easy entertaining

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Spring Spritzer

All Birds: A low-alcohol cocktail recipe you can make in batches

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Mocktail Party

The Blaylock: A non-alcoholic cocktail for summer parties

Play Ball

Riled and Wrangled: A cocktail recipe for baseball season

Sips of Summer

Infinity Pool: A batch cocktail that's perfect for the beach