RJR XC Track & Field

If Jakob Ingebrigtsen walks up steep hills on his easy runs, and runs them at ~6:30 pace (i.e., several minutes slower than his 5k pace...) Maybe you shouldn't worry about slowing down or standing at the stoplight instead of jogging in circles...

A few years ago, I tracked improvement rates of my college runners and compared it to a whole slew of factors to see if anything correlated. The most important factor? Did they show up to practice. Those who missed the fewest days tended to improve the most.

Running helps create two skills that are increasingly rare: 1. When running by yourself, it helps create an ability to be alone inside of your head for a long time. 2. When running with others, you learn to fill time with conversation instead of defaulting to your phone.

Can you take off your watch for a run or workout? People often feel withdrawal symptoms like anxiety when you take away their watch or tracker. Or as Anna Lembke said, we can "become compulsively fixated on these wearable devices — in a way that is akin to addiction.”