For most endurance athletes that look to compete hard and run most of their races in the spring and summer, they are just starting to make plans for the fall and winter in preparation for peak performance next year. Unfortunately, what many forget to take into consideration is how to stay injury-free through these next several months so that they can continue to train with the intensity that they want in their workouts.
They spend hours calculating distances and time spent running, biking, and swimming, while continuing to work 50 hours at their job and trying to cram every last minute of training before the sun goes down. Many think they have it figured out, filled with proper rest and gradual progression of training intensity. Some even add a balanced nutritional diet with every gram of protein and complex carbohydrate accounted for over the day and week. Despite all of this, they still end up getting hurt. Why?