An Easier Pace Can Make Long Runs Feel Better
Runner and editor Kristine Kearns explains why dropping pace goals can reduce late-run strain.
Long runs can feel more manageable when the watch is not treated as a constant test. Kristine Kearns discusses that change with Aly in a Runner’s World video segment, describing how easing her effort altered the final part of longer outings after years of trying to run faster. The closing miles became less punishing when pace targets stopped driving the session.
Kearns joined the Runner’s World and Bicycling staff in July 2024 as an associate editor focused on health and fitness. She has more than six years of distance-running experience, takes part in races throughout the year, lifts weights and previously coached a girls’ high school cross-country team.
For adults who run recreationally, her experience shifts the measure of a successful long outing away from one required watch number and toward staying with the session. That can make the later miles feel more manageable without turning the run into a speed test.
- Kearns joined the Runner’s World and Bicycling staff in July 2024.
- She has more than six years of distance-running experience.
- The video segment features Kearns and Aly.
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