How much stress is too much stress to manage? I’ve been asking myself that question a lot lately. The exact nature of my stressors doesn’t fall under extreme categories like, say, “life-threatening” stress. That doesn’t make my stress any less stressful.
Amid this maelstrom of external angst, we’re diving into the first of several key training blocks devoted to preparing for the Tamalpa Headlands 50K. You may remember I’ve turned this race into a personal vision quest. That kind of performance won’t be possible without first introducing increasingly larger levels of stress into my training.
Here we have the perpetual balancing act that all runners must navigate. Do we push forward knowing we are already operating at an energy deficit because of all this added stress, or do we pull back and wait for a more optimal time to train? Or maybe, we attempt to walk the tightrope between too much and just enough stress for a little while longer. We explore this balance behind the paywall.
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