--- title: The Runners Who Went So Hard They Were Never the Same description: Athletes training too hard for too long without enough rest may experience overtraining syndrome, resulting in fatigue, decreased performance, and other... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-runners-who-went-so-hard-they-were-never-the-same-dqjfh5wo5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Runners Who Went So Hard They Were Never the Same | daily.dev og:description: Athletes training too hard for too long without enough rest may experience overtraining syndrome, resulting in fatigue, decreased performance, and other... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-runners-who-went-so-hard-they-were-never-the-same-dqjfh5wo5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/DqJfh5Wo5.png og:image:alt: The Runners Who Went So Hard They Were Never the Same og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Runners Who Went So Hard They Were Never the Same **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 28 min read · 12 upvotes · 7 comments ## Summary Athletes training too hard for too long without enough rest may experience overtraining syndrome, resulting in fatigue, decreased performance, and other symptoms. There is currently no cure for overtraining syndrome, and recovery can take a significant amount of time. Recognizing the signs and taking adequate rest are crucial in preventing overtraining syndrome. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@orcdev** · 2 upvotes > Sometimes you just have to take that challenging leap to reach the top of the mountain. **@mohnish** · 0 upvotes > So here lies the bigger challenge. And that is deciding whether it's your brain telling you to give up or your body is actually done. We can never trust on our brain to tell us the right thing especially when we have no many thoughts which can directly alter our emotions **@robggcunning** · 0 upvotes > Agree but not always **@ajdinmasic** · 0 upvotes > I really appreciate it when a podcast provides a transcript of the conversation. Thank you! **@dahao** · 0 upvotes > Sometimes i want to take a rest a day, but when i think there are many things i want to do, I can't take a full break and then get back to work right now. I actually want to enjoy a fulll break 🥲 --- Tags: [#mental-health](https://daily.dev/tags/mental-health) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-runners-who-went-so-hard-they-were-never-the-same-dqjfh5wo5) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The Runners Who Went So Hard They Were Never the Same","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-runners-who-went-so-hard-they-were-never-the-same-dqjfh5wo5","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-runners-who-went-so-hard-they-were-never-the-same-dqjfh5wo5"},"datePublished":"2024-05-05T17:46:09.064Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:43:33.910Z","description":"Athletes training too hard for too long without enough rest may experience overtraining syndrome, resulting in fatigue, decreased performance, and other...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0dcfa2ace073f806dc485de6da477261?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0dcfa2ace073f806dc485de6da477261?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":7,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-runners-who-went-so-hard-they-were-never-the-same-dqjfh5wo5","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":12},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":7}],"keywords":"mental-health","timeRequired":"PT28M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Runners Who Went So Hard They Were Never the Same"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-runners-who-went-so-hard-they-were-never-the-same-dqjfh5wo5","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Sometimes you just have to take that challenging leap to reach the top of the mountain.","datePublished":"2024-05-06T09:13:18.016Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/DqJfh5Wo5#c-II5qWMuXQ","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"OrcDev","url":"https://daily.dev/orcdev","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7549148?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"So here lies the bigger challenge. And that is deciding whether it’s your brain telling you to give up or your body is actually done. We can never trust on our brain to tell us the right thing especially when we have no many thoughts which can directly alter our emotions","datePublished":"2024-05-07T09:19:46.116Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/DqJfh5Wo5#c-MmYlaQfmU","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Mohnish Jha","url":"https://daily.dev/mohnish","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--aAB4WZMr--/f_auto/v1712062973/avatars/avatar_943ztlTc4qWV5YOqmP7jw"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Agree but not always","datePublished":"2024-05-14T10:22:21.885Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/DqJfh5Wo5#c-rfk4GDYQB","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Rob Cunning","url":"https://daily.dev/robggcunning","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--kXnyHgSP--/f_auto/v1715690992/avatars/avatar_eMSmx6g00cmlOlEmk4rtS"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I really appreciate it when a podcast provides a transcript of the conversation. 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