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Ten Minute Tips #25: What's So Special About "Zone 2"?

Empirical Cycling Podcast

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The Slow Part of Long Slow Distance

Long slow distance training is a continuum of stress signals that yield a very, very similar adaptation. It's not like writing endurance pace and then suddenly you're into tempo and sweet spot. You can probably get to exhaustion a lot more easily in the middle intensity, which comes with some additional benefits. But I think these days, people are thinking there is something special about it.

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