Finishing every workout doesn’t tell you whether the training is making you better.

Coach and Troll Training co-founder John Wessling shares how he explained away the warning signs during a year of overtraining, and why being motivated can make it difficult to recognize when more work isn’t helping.

We explore the difference between doing training and absorbing it, the challenge of eating enough for long endurance days, and finding a workload that still leaves you able to enjoy the rest of your life. John also shares his Leadville mountain-bike preparation, his preference for racing rather than simply surviving an event, and why one bad wearable score doesn’t get to decide how a race will go.

It’s a conversation about getting better at the things we enjoy, without assuming the next step always needs to be more hours or a longer race.

Links

• John Wessling / Troll Training: https://www.instagram.com/jrwessling/
• Deepish Conversations on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz35DCAJXu0CKvb08y2uvcNKSahc5A3eJ
• Brian - Substack: https://brianpierce.substack.com/
• Brian - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/woodybepierced

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