For years, the modern endurance athlete has been taught to interpret struggle as virtue. Fatigue is a badge of honor. Injury is an inconvenience to work around. Illness is bad luck. If performance dips, the answer is almost always the same: train smarter, rest harder, tough it out.
Dr. Kate Mihevc Edwards, founder of Precision Performance and Physical Therapy and RunSource, has spent her career gently but persistently questioning that narrative.
