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In the Quest to Run Perfect, You Can Be Doing More Harm Than Good

Running Stress and Anxiety - How Perfectionism Can Hurt Your Running

How Perfectionism Can Hurt Your Running Here’s how to strike the balance between dedication and perspective. pirankaGetty Images It’s hard to say whether distance running attracts or breeds perfectionist tendencies. Nearly 20 years of competitive running has brought so many people-pleasing, black-and-white thinking, results-obsessed personalities into my orbit that it’s easy to lose sight of how extreme we can be. Perfectionism, according to the American Psychological Association, is “the tendency to demand of others or of oneself an extremely high or even flawless level of performance, in excess of what is required by the situation.” It’s associated with depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and other mental health issues. For runners, it can also lead to burnout, an increased risk of injury, and a loss of the simple but profound pleasure our sport can bring.

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