How can you run easy runs easy?

if you can have a conversation during your run, that's an easy run in my books. As long as i do that, i don't even check my HR during the actual easy runs.

Don't go hard. You're welcome.

Run like you normally run, except easier.

65-70% max heart rate

good q. easy run probably the most difficult to do!

It's not easy to run easy..

If you need something to rein you in then use the heartrate on the watch. Easy run is zone 1-2 so for me I won't go above 138 or so and the average should be about 130-135. Pace doesn't matter for easy runs so focus on effort level and HR.

Easy test to implement: Do a 2h long run at the pace you believe to be your easy pace. If it no longer feels easy towards the end, that was not your real easy pace for your current aerobic level. Of course stop when it starts feeling uneasy, especially if it's long before the expected endtime.

I used to think I couldn’t run slower, and always wondered what all the fuss was about easy runs. Turns out, I wasn’t do my workouts and long runs sufficiently hard nor was I doing that much mileage. Do quality workouts with good weekly mileage and you will naturally go easy on your easy days.

Get you some earbuds that voice your status from your Smart/Sports watch. Set the parameters for it to tell you when you're outside an acceptable range (pace, HR, time, distance, etc). I do it every day - no problem. Just listen instead of watching.

If you don't need to breathe, then it's an easy run.

Either that or you're not alive anymore.

A good rule of thumb is to take a recent 5k time and make your maximum pace during your easy runs no faster than 1.75x the time/mi of the 5k.

For example, if you recently ran 15:30 (5min/mi), you should never be moving faster than 8:45min/mi for your easy days.

A 14:00 5k runner (4:30 = 270s) should be running faster than 7:52 for easy...

A better rule of thumb is that you should ignore numbers and run at a pace that is going to help your legs recover.

There's such a big gap between easy and threshold that accidentally turning easy runs into threshold should be almost impossible unless you're brand new, to the point where any sort of running at all is aerobically stressful. If that's the case, then you probably shouldn't focus on doing anything other than getting to a point where you can regularly run comfortably. Otherwise, I think 'being able to talk, but not sing' is a good guideline for easy running.

This might get me permanently banned from letsrun, but... you are allowed to stop as many times as you like in the middle of a run. If you feel like you are breathing too hard or something is cramping up, stop for a little while and let your heart rate come down.

You can run hard first. It shoudl feel taxing. Then run just opposite of that. Easy running what feels easy.

If you run 45 min easy you feel afterwards that you could continue another 45 min easily if needed.