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A Wednesday letter for ultrarunners.

Endure Weekly arrives in your inbox every Wednesday at 5 AM Mountain. About a five-minute read. Calculators, gear notes, and the long pieces we keep coming back to. Free Zone 2 Training Guide on signup. Sweet because the miles are sweet. Practical because you're tired.

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The free guide

The Ultimate Zone 2 Training Guide.

A 15-minute editorial read on aerobic-base training — the workout that makes ultrarunners. MAF method, threshold testing, polarized vs pyramidal, why most of us train too hard. Free with your subscription.

  • How to find your Zone 2 (the right way)
  • A four-week ramp from couch to MAF base
  • Threshold testing without a lab
  • The mistakes most ultrarunners make at this intensity
  • Working pace targets by age, weight, and current fitness
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The Ultimate
Zone 2 Training Guide

PDF · 15-min read · Free

What these sessions assume you are measuring with

Every pace, zone and power figure here needs something recording it. These three cover running, long days and the bike.

Garmin Forerunner 965 Garmin Forerunner 965

AMOLED multisport with the training-load and threshold metrics most of these sessions assume you can see day to day.

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COROS APEX 2 Series GPS Watch COROS APEX 2 Series GPS Watch

Sapphire titanium and the longest battery in its class, which is the deciding feature once a day out runs past a few hours.

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Favero Assioma Uno Power Meter Pedal Favero Assioma Uno Power Meter Pedal

Single-sided pedal power, the cheapest honest entry into training with watts rather than estimating from heart rate.

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