Are You Making These Common Training Mistakes?

Sorry, but it looks like a lot of stereotypes about runners skipping cross-training days, overtraining, and taking recovery shortcuts are true. The evidence comes right from runners themselves, in the form of the most common responses we got when we asked for the training mistakes made last year.

Sure, it can can be intimidating to hit the gym and it’s easy to skip postrun stretching or run too fast on recovery days. However, simply logging miles and getting on with your day could actually be standing in your way of a PR. Here’s where runners said they fell short last year—hey, a mistake is really just a learning opportunity—and how they plan to fix their training habits this year.

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