Reaching Catastrophic Failure in Running: Challenging Homeostasis

When does a runner come close to reaching catastrophic failure? Bobby McGee Challenges the concept of Homeostasis.
Our bodies let our minds know when we are racing that we are pushing ourselves beyond where we go in our daily lives &, in order to perform, often beyond where we have pushed ourselves in training. It is natural for the inexperienced athlete to heed these warning signals & back off somewhat. Our bodies are essentially safety mechanisms which seek to protect our brains & hearts & are not interested in a new PR if it means endangering these systems. If we are to perform we need to realize that we can go considerably harder, (as the pros do) in order to get the results we are capable of. Like a fuel light, we should know that when our systems issue warnings, we still have a good bit left to give. In well-conditioned healthy athletes the brain will not allow a system to catastrophically fail - so go out there & push your limits; he who comes closest to finding them will have accessed the most from their potential