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Aging as an Endurance Athlete: Recovery, Injury Risk and Why Your Training Has to Change
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Your body may not recover the way it used to—but the harder part may be accepting what that means for the athlete you still expect yourself to be.
In Part 2 of our series on aging as an endurance athlete, we look at why recovery takes longer, injury risk becomes harder to manage, and sleep, strength, fueling, hydration, and nutrition matter more as you get older. We also get into the mental side of that transition: feeling like changing or missing a workout is failure, comparing yourself to other athletes or your younger self, and carrying fear forward from past injuries.
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