Zone 2 running should be done by heart rate and not pace, but a lot of beginner runners have been listening to coaches who incorrectly say that they should do their run training using pace.
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Study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31045681
Study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6873141