Running isn’t just about miles and mechanics—it’s about the total stress your body is carrying. In this episode, Alison introduces the “threat bucket” analogy to explain how training load, life stress, nervous system state, and biomechanics all interact to shape performance, recovery, and injury risk. Through real client stories, she shows why pain and setbacks aren’t usually caused by one thing—and how targeted adjustments, from nervous system regulation to smarter volume and movement work, can restore balance. The big takeaway: train the whole human, not just the runner, by addressing the biggest controllable stressor instead of always doing more. 

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