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Hey everybody, it's Mariel. Today we're going to talk about one of the classic forms of exercise.

Running. And it's a classic for a reason, right? It gets you from

point A to point B. You don't need equipment to do it. You don't need a gym

membership and it's one of these exercises that this provides you with so many cardiovascular benefits.

But running gets a bad reputation.

People think it's going to be all blisters and burning calf muscles and screaming lungs.

What if, instead of all that?

Or at the very least, in addition to all that,

running could feel good.

Even a little sexy. So sexy pace is the pace where most of our runs should be at.

This is Martinez Evans by the way. He's a runner and author of the book Slow AF Run Club. the way too fast. Sexy pace is conversational speed.

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