I asked a group of my coached runners the other day; What struggles do you face as a runner? One of them answered: "Does any runner ever feel like you're running fast enough?" Which is, a very, very interesting question (in my opinion, anyway!) The pace of someones run is unique to the individual. For a start - unless you're the fastest person on the planet, there is always going to be someone faster than you. So we can forget making comparisons to others straight away. Now,

Over training is a genuine concern for a lot of runners. The signs of over training have a large variation, from feeling sick and lethargic or even restless and unable to sleep . . . Right the way through to inflammation of joints and injury. The spectrum of symptoms is massive. But, over training isn't actually a very big risk for recreational runners! Over training comes from one of two things, or a combination of both: Too much intensity in too many of your sessions, (Doin