There is a specific kind of embarrassment that comes with slowing down. You are on a familiar loop, the one you have run a hundred times, and today you have decided to keep your heart rate under a cer...
You lace up, start jogging, and within two minutes your favorite fitness app flashes a warning: you've drifted into "Zone 3." So you slow to an almost embarrassing shuffle, breathing through your nose...
There's a strange moment that happens the first time someone tries "Zone 2" training on purpose. You lace up, you start running, and then a coach or an app tells you to slow down. Then slow down more....