Why do some runs suddenly feel terrible… even when your training hasn’t changed?
Your legs feel heavy. Your pace falls apart. Your heart rate is unusually high. And suddenly you start wondering if you lost all your fitness overnight.
In reality, most bad runs are not caused by lost fitness at all. They are caused by accumulated stress your body has not fully recovered from yet.
In this episode, Coach Chris and Coach Maya break down the hidden factors that quietly make running feel harder than it should:
Poor sleep and nervous system fatigue
Life stress and recovery debt
Heat and dehydration
Chronic under-fueling
Why your brain sometimes forces your body into “low power mode”
This episode is designed to help runners stop panicking during rough training weeks and better understand how recovery, stress, and adaptation actually work.
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