The New Age of Running There are two things new runners are blind to: 1) Shoe selection & 2) Aerobic Capacity. This misunderstanding of these simple points led to a “psyop” against running as a whole, casting it as a sport for those who want weak knees and walking issues later in life. From 2000-2020 running was campaigned against as being “bad for your joints” and generally unhealthy. At the same time, aesthetic based weightlifting, crossfit, and other forms of fitness skyrocketed in popularity.
You aren't kidding about the shoes - back in the Born to Run days I started running in Vibram 5 fingers as a last ditch effort to help with knee pain. Later in racing flats. Though they made my feet sore, they worked better than the trainers I had been using and mostly cleared up my knee pain. Not anymore - based on your writing and talking to some runner friends, I'm alternating a pair of Pegasus's and Cliftons and I've never been this pain free. It's a different world.
Peter Attia also has a great YouTube Short of him on his indoor trainer showing an example of Zone 2 based off effort. You can definitely tell he’s putting in some work, so not quite the purely conversational effort that you usually hear people say. This is what I have always based “my” Zone 2 off of and its been working great so far! 👍
You aren't kidding about the shoes - back in the Born to Run days I started running in Vibram 5 fingers as a last ditch effort to help with knee pain. Later in racing flats. Though they made my feet sore, they worked better than the trainers I had been using and mostly cleared up my knee pain. Not anymore - based on your writing and talking to some runner friends, I'm alternating a pair of Pegasus's and Cliftons and I've never been this pain free. It's a different world.
Peter Attia also has a great YouTube Short of him on his indoor trainer showing an example of Zone 2 based off effort. You can definitely tell he’s putting in some work, so not quite the purely conversational effort that you usually hear people say. This is what I have always based “my” Zone 2 off of and its been working great so far! 👍