Most runners are obsessed with numbers — pace per kilometre, heart rate zones, GPS data. But your body doesn’t run on numbers. It runs on effort. And the ability to sense and regulate your own effort is one of the most powerful — and most neglected — training skills a runner can develop.
Run By Feel is a simple, practical guide to using RPE — Rate of Perceived Exertion — as your primary training intensity tool. It is the oldest and most accurate metric in athletic training, used by elite athletes long before GPS watches existed, and it works for every runner regardless of fitness level or experience.
This is for you if:
– You are a runner who trains entirely by pace or gadget data and wants to develop a better internal sense of effort
– You run trails, hills, or varied terrain where pace becomes meaningless as an intensity guide
– You feel like you are always either running too hard or not hard enough and want a simpler way to calibrate
– You want to reduce your dependence on technology and build a stronger mind-body connection in your training
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