NOTE TO READERS: "Stretching Out" now runs in print on Sunday, in the Sports section. Used to be, I simply tried to run fast. Now I try to run slowly, with a purpose. A convert to the Maffetone Method ...

Dr. Phil Maffetone has been around since the ’70s and ’80s, coaching the elite athletes of the world as well as having worked with famous musicians such as James Taylor and Johnny Cash. In “Natural ...

One way to tune into heart rate: the Maffetone method, a.k.a. MAF method. It’s a strategy based on maintaining a low heart rate for most of your runs, with the goal of revving your fat-burning engine ...