Originally Posted by
slowandsteady
It was that attitude that led to my numerous injuries on the running track. I don't recommend it. It is one thing if you have an elite body that holds up just fine no matter how much training you do, but most of us mere mortals just break down if we push through the pain.
Feel free to push through discomfort but never, ever push through pain unless you want the knees of an 80 year old when you are 37(like me.)
I think you're mistaking the kind of pain that the article is discussing. It is not talking about injury type pain, but more your muscles are screaming due to fatigue, lactate concentration, etc. I wouldn't train through knee pain or other actual injury related pain, but the burn in your legs is what you have to learn to train through and that pain can be just as real as any other kind.