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[[File:Tired athlete.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Too much training is worse than not enough.]]
Overtraining is a lack of recovery from training stress. The most serious type of overtraining is [[Overtraining Syndrome]], but there are other categories. Each involves some imbalance between training and recovery, but with different outcomes. All levels of runner can experience any of the types of Overtraining, including [[Overtraining Syndrome]].
* '''[[Overtraining Syndrome]]''' is where the imbalance between training and recovery produces a decrease in performance and negative psychological changes. The negative effects of overreaching do not produce overall performance improvements through [[Supercompensation]]. ''(Main article: [[Overtraining Syndrome]].)''
** [[Overtraining Syndrome Subtypes]]. There are various ways of categorizing Overtraining Syndrome. One division is based on recovery time, with recovery in two weeks or less being called 'Overreaching' (AKA non-functional overreaching<ref name="OTPhysioReview"/><ref name="OTEcssPos"/> and 'Overtraining Syndrome' (OTS) requiring several weeks<ref name="OTPhysioReview"/>, or months<ref name="OTEcssPos"/> and sometimes years<ref name="OTDepression"/>. Other categorizations use the associated mental health impacts of [[Overtraining Syndrome]].