Alex Hutchinson is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist and Outside’s Sweat Science columnist, covering the latest research on endurance and outdoor sports. New perk: Easily find new routes ...

One of the big debates in endurance sports these days is about “training intensity distribution,” which is a fancy term for how much of your training time you spend going easy, medium, or hard. The ...

For many runners, embracing the concept of slow and easy runs is a game of mental gymnastics. Can you really become a better, faster runner if you’re consistently going at a pace that feels easy and ...