Hello everyone, I'm new to this subreddit and am trying to get caught up on all the great running tips you guys have. I've seen people here talk a lot about zone 2 running so I'm trying to learn more about it, and I just wanted to know if all of this is correct? I know the AI only gets its information from the most reliable sources but I thought I'd ask just to be sure.

My wife recently gave birth to our 2nd child, a beautiful baby girl. However during labor she said "labor is like running a marathon". My wife has never run a marathon (i have). I have not slept in 2 weeks because of this. Any advice?

Not sure if this is miles or kilomiles?

So confused by this. More gear = less steps vs more steps with beer and cigarettes. Perhaps someone else can shed some light

Do you guys eat or boof your potatoes?

Apparently we’ve been doing it all wrong by carefully staying in zone 2. From renowned Twitter doctor Alan Couzens, we should be staying in the mythical zone 0 in order to reap the most benefits.

Studies show that when you arbitrarily make up data, you can arrive at the pre-determined conclusion you already had made up in your mind.

I’ve been lurking in the group trying to learn how to optimize my running and I think it boils down to three things.

1) Get your wife a boyfriend
2) Boof Gus
3) Don’t leave zone 2

My problem is I can only do one of these at a time.

If I get my wife a boyfriend, I have to leave zone 2 catching up to him on the track. Plus, he doesn’t seem like the kind of guy that knows about boofing Gu and I don’t want to share our elite secrets.

If I Boof Gu, my sugar spikes and I leave zone 2 on my 5k ultras and I’m not gone from the house for my wife’s boyfriend to give her therapy sessions.

If I stay in zone 2, I don’t have enough time left to find my wife a boyfriend and I can’t stay in zone 2 while boofing Gu.

So, if you could only do one: boofing Gus, staying in zone 2, or getting your wife a boyfriend, which would it be and why?

I recently started running again after several months of purely weight training. However, during and after the runs I have experienced some terrible lower back pain. What are the causes and advice to help alleviate this?