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Overtraining
Overtraining is a topical issue for us athletes at the moment, as most will have been training for a months in the build up to JWOC. While everyone is pumped and motivation is high to get out the door and run, it?s important not to flog the body. Being the…
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fittest you can be at your race means that you need to at least be able to run- and being so shattered/injured that you can?t means you might as well have not trained. With that in mind, here is a little bit on over training.Overtraining occurs when training beyond the ability of your body to recover. Thus without rest and recovery, hard and intense training (to try and win your race!) will actual backfire and decrease performance. When viewed in conjunction with the overload training principle there is a real risk that athletes will hit this ?wall?. Orienteers are particular…
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