214. Are You Running the right workouts to get faster?

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Many times we find training plans online or we do workouts that feel good/that we are good at, but is that the most productive way to be training? We are all about taking a deeper dive into the purpose behind workouts and uncovering the best way to actually reach your goals. Too often athletes get stuck feeling burnt out or frustrated thinking that they ‘peaked’ with their running/fitness but they are just not training in a way that allows them to progress. We need two very important things to progress: Stress and rest. When we have an imbalance or inadequacy of either of these, we will not see the progress we are hoping for.

What are running workouts?
What is an easy run? Why do we do easy runs most of the time?
What are the best time of running workouts to do?

Training for a 5k 10% anaerobic
Training for a 10k
Training for a half 99% aerobic
Training for a full
Training for an ultra

What are the most common mistakes we see athletes make

Running in the gray zone
Not doing the correct workouts
Only doing workouts they are comfortable with
Not progressing stress
Doing too much too soon

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