.css-11kxzt3-Strong{font-weight:var(–font-weight-medium);}SINCE a single-season stint as the slowest runner on my middle-school cross-country team, I have quit running many times. My return to the sport early in the pandemic seemed destined to be the latest. The first run was .css-1h1us5y-StyledLink{color:var(–interactive-text-color);-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}.css-1h1us5y-StyledLink:hover{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}exhausting, but gratifying. The next, just exhausting. I figured I was the problem. My body was just not built for running.

I happened to be trying a new-to-me app called the Nike Run Club (NRC). As with similar tools I’d tested, like MapMyRun and Strava, starting a workout requires little beyond opening the app. NRC, however, has a tab the other free apps had lacked: “guided runs.”

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