The Key to Running Faster and Longer? Slow Down! Do you find that even though you’re pushing yourself harder and harder on your daily runs, you aren’t getting any faster? The truth is that you’re likely in a Zone 3 plateau, which means you’re probably pushing too hard too often and not running slow enough often enough. It doesn’t matter your pace — slowing down to go faster is the real deal. Lifelong Endurance Coach Andrew Simmons @lifelongendurance7695 explains why you need to avoid the urge to make your easy runs harder than they should be to see true performance gains. 00:00:09 Is your running plateauing? 00:00:39 Understanding your zones 00:01:05 Why Zone 2 training is what makes you faster 00:02:32 Polarized training 00:03:39 Why you should avoid Zone 3 training 00:04:43 How do you know you’re making progress? 00:05:28 Keep hard days hard, and easy days easy #trainingpeaks #runningtraining