Perceived Exertion

Fine tune your training efforts by learning the specific ways each type of workout — steady state, tempo, VO2 max — should feel.

On Episode 11 of the Endurance Podcast, Ian Sharman sits down with exercise physiologist Samuele Marcora to discuss the importance of the brain and perceived effort on performance.

This interval workout improves your ability to run hard all the way to the end of a 5K or 10K.

Exercise physiologist Shawn Bearden discusses pacing, training zones, the importance of judging effort and other aspects of his research into marathon and ultra running.

Pete Magill explains how it is easy to be tough when you run smart and hurt less than everyone around you.

An alternative to traditional tempo runs, over/under intervals provide a fun, effective workout on the roads or treadmill.

Matt Fitzgerald explains why and how to effectively include threshold workouts in your training. Fancy gadgets optional.

Go ahead, run like a horse smelling the barn.

No day should be super hard, and no day should be exceptionally easy.

Perform better by taking stuff that makes running feel easier.

Some experts believe that power meters and speed and distance devices have made heart rate monitors irrelevant.

The easiest way to monitor your pace and effort has been around for decades—and it doesn't require any gadgets.