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 ...

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 ...

Runners often turn to time or distance, pace or feel to guide their workouts. But to get more precise about intensity, heart rate training offers an objective view of how hard you’re working and can ...

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 ...

Competing at the very highest levels and among the best runners in the world, Dannis has found success in what some might consider an unconventional way. She works full-time and trains and races on ...

With the pandemic still raging, I had decided by July that this year is not going to be great for running. I tried to keep myself motivated by jogging on the terrace, and then slowly, after the ...

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 ...