The Best Runners Prioritize Easy Runs

Why you should fight the urge to push yourself every run

Zachary Walston, PT, DPT, OCS
Runner's Life
Published in
4 min readMar 22, 2024

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If the workout wasn’t exhausting, was it even worth it? This is a question I have routinely fielded over the past 10 years of treating runners. It follows a similar thought process to ‘no pain, no gain’ and both mindsets are problematic.

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