ARE YOU OVERTRAINED?

Podcast Episode #115 🔈

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What kind of athlete are you? Do you have a tendency to overtrain or undertrain?

Running is just like “The Price is Right” or the game Blackjack. It’s better to be a little under than it is to be over! It is better to be conservative. We always think we could do more, but “more” might be what puts you over the edge 👎

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HOW DOES A RUNNER GET OVERTRAINED?👇

- Running workouts too hard

- Running too fast on easy days

- Running too much mileage

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SIGNS YOU MIGHT BE OVERTRAINED:👇

- Higher than normal resting heart rate

- No longer seeing improvements

- Dreading runs and workouts

- Not recovering between runs

- Insomnia

- You keep getting sick

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TIPS TO OPTIMIZE THE “UNDERTRAINED” MENTALITY 💪:

- UNDERSTAND THE ‘TIME ON YOUR FEET’ CONCEPT: A runner who has an easy pace of 11:00 pace and a runner who has an easy pace of 7:00 pace are going to spend a VERY different amount of time on their feet for a 10 mile run (110 minutes versus 70 minutes) Focusing more on the time on your feet versus mileage can help a lot of runners avoid overtraining! A 20 mile long run may just be too much time on your feet and could end up hindering your progress

-LISTEN TO YOUR BODY: Feeling niggles pop up? Dreading your runs? Take a few days off! This is your body telling you that you’re doing too much. The more you listen to your body, the easier it becomes

-FINISH WORKOUTS FEELING LIKE YOU COULD DO MORE: You should not finish workouts feeling like you gave 100% effort and like you could not finish another rep or another tempo mile. Save 100% efforts for race day! Workouts should be difficult but manageable

-PRIORITIZE REST & RECOVERY: You may need to run less mileage in order to fit in proper rest and recovery. It’s so worth it to cut a few miles off your run to get in some foam rolling or get more sleep

- BE CONFIDENT IN YOUR TRAINING: No amount of training will help you if you don’t have confidence. You are fit, and most important you are healthy! If you are showing up to the start line healthy, then you are better off than anyone who is overtrained

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