235. Train at 80% and race at 100%

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?

1. What is the potential problem with going too fast on workout days

1. Tempo runs turn into vo2max when defeats the purpose

2. Almost better to go slower

2. Might be disappointed when you don’t have another gear on race day

1. Your PR might be in a workout

3. Not as efficient with energy

1. Going to 100% takes longer to recover from and it’s harder on body

4. Hard to trust the process