299: The Paradox of Easy Running - Why is it Hard to Run Easy?

Why does easy sometimes feel hard? If you’ve been listening to our podcast for awhile or you’re a part of our coaching program, you know that we teach the concept of easy running and the 80/20 principle, which means that most of your running, about 80%, should be done at an easy effort level. But why is this so hard for us sometimes? Why does the idea of easy running seem hard to wrap our heads around and hard to put into practice? We ...