4 Reasons Your Training Plan Will Fail (and what to do about it)
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog
4.5 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2023
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
It's that time of year again when most runners are starting the real meat of their training plan.
The summer has started, you've had your few weeks of building back into a plan, and now the real work begins.
At RunnersConnect, we work with hundreds of runners each season and one of the big benefits of that is how much data we're able to see every year.
We're able to see huge patterns across what type of training runners are doing when they start training for their race, what types of training and plans they've done in the past, and of course what's worked and what hasn't.
In today's episode we go in-depth on 4 of the biggest issues we see when looking at the data and give you some helpful tips on how to make sure you don't succumb to the same mistakes.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello fellow runners. I'm your host Finn Melanson and this is the run to the top |
| 0:14.1 | podcast. Podcast dedicated to making you a better runner with each and every |
| 0:19.2 | episode. We are created and produced by the expert team of coaches at runnersconnect.net |
| 0:24.4 | where you can find the best running information on the internet |
| 0:27.2 | as well as training plans to fit every runner and every budget. |
| 0:35.0 | It's that time a year again when most runners are starting the real meat of their training plan. |
| 0:42.0 | The summer has started. you've had your first |
| 0:44.6 | few weeks of building back into a plan, and now the real work begins. At Runners Connect, we work |
| 0:50.0 | with hundreds of runners each season, and one of the big benefits of that is how much data |
| 0:54.4 | we're able to see every year. We're able to see huge patterns across what type of training |
| 0:59.1 | runners are doing when they start training for their race, what types of training and plans they've done in the |
| 1:03.5 | past, and of course what's worked and what has it. In today's episode, Coach Jeff is |
| 1:08.5 | going to talk about the four biggest issues he's seen when looking at this data |
| 1:12.0 | and more importantly how to make sure |
| 1:14.1 | you don't succumb to the same mistakes. |
| 1:16.4 | Let's hand it over to Coach Jeff. |
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| 1:26.0 | Lagoon specializes in making pillows designed specifically for runners and athletes |
| 1:31.0 | to help them optimize their sleep and recovery. |
| 1:34.0 | We'll talk more about the specific benefits later in the episode, but you can learn more at |
| 1:38.1 | Lagoon sleep.com forward slash TOP and get a 15% discount. |
| 1:45.0 | Before we get into our conversation, I want to talk to you about your skin. |
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