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1 week agoPart 3: The Art and Science of Peaking
Peaking maintains fitness while removing fatigue so athletes can express existing fitness, with realistic psychological expectations and confidence-building workouts.
Sometime in the past couple of months, I saw a post by Allie Ostrander on Instagram. Allie is a well-known runner who represents Oiselle on the track, road, and trail, and in her post, she pointed out that you can run a race and a workout at the same pace, and yet the two efforts can feel remarkably different. One feels grueling, the other feels like flow state.