TOP 6 TRAINING MISTAKES WE SEE

Podcast Episode #165 🎙

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❌ NOT ENOUGH RECOVERY: You can't maximize yourself as a runner if you're doing a lot of other activities (Orange Theory, CrossFit, etc.) Many athletes try to train for races while also doing activities like this. When training specifically for a race, try to focus on the specificity of training and taking classes like this after your race is done

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❌ TOO FAST ON EASY DAYS: Plug in a recent race result into a VDOT calculator to find out what your easy pace is. This is the pace you'll run for 80% of your training. Many athletes need to go even slower than this. Easy pace = more recovery, more aerobic development & increased ability to go hard during your hard workouts!

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❌ WRONG TYPE OF WORKOUTS: 10 x 200m shouldn't be a staple workout in marathon training. 16 miles at marathon pace shouldn't be part of 5k training. You want to do the RIGHT workouts for the race you're training for. Additionally, you want to avoid running your workouts too hard. We want to aim for 80-90% effort on workouts and save 100% all-out efforts for race day! Hold back a little so you have something left in the tank for race day!

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❌ NOT ACCUMULATING ENOUGH OVERALL VOLUME: Similar to the above training mistake, many athletes don't do enough volume during the week. They may only do a couple 3-4 mile runs and then a big 16 mile long run on the weekend. Marathons reward consistent volume and having more runs in the 60-90 minute range will give you a HUGE advantage on race day.

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❌ TOO MUCH FOCUS ON THE LONG RUN: Long runs are super important, but they aren’t the end all-be all. Just like one run isn’t going to ruin your training, one run isn’t going to make your training. Overall volume is more important than just the long run each week/ Your weekly volume needs to support the long run (no more than 30% of your weekly volume should be in your long run)

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❌ NOT ENOUGH OF THE “little” BIG THINGS: Sleep, good nutrition, less or no alcohol, yoga, meditation. These are the things you do the other 23 hours of the day when you're not training. They might seem like the little things, but they add up over time to the big things!

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