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Lots of runners love the feeling of crushing a big workout and having something they can confidently hang their hat on as a statement of their race day abilities in training. However, when athletes constantly overreach and dig too far into the well for workout days, are they testing their fitness or is it training? Are there potential drawbacks to leaving it all out there during every single workouts?
What is the potential problem with going too fast on workout days
Tempo runs turn into vo2max when defeats the purpose
Almost better to go slower
Might be disappointed when you don’t have another gear on race day
Your PR might be in a workout
Not as efficient with energy
Going to 100% takes longer to recover from and it’s harder on body
Hard to trust the process
By Run4PRs4.4
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www.run4prs.com
Lots of runners love the feeling of crushing a big workout and having something they can confidently hang their hat on as a statement of their race day abilities in training. However, when athletes constantly overreach and dig too far into the well for workout days, are they testing their fitness or is it training? Are there potential drawbacks to leaving it all out there during every single workouts?
What is the potential problem with going too fast on workout days
Tempo runs turn into vo2max when defeats the purpose
Almost better to go slower
Might be disappointed when you don’t have another gear on race day
Your PR might be in a workout
Not as efficient with energy
Going to 100% takes longer to recover from and it’s harder on body
Hard to trust the process

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