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By Carolyn Simitz Walking around your office with bags of ice strapped to your shins? Talking PRs and negative splits with your 8-year-old? Sleeping on the couch because your spouse can’t stomach another 4:30 a.m. run? Stop! You may need a training intervention! Many new runners, training for an upcoming race, stumble into one of these common pitfalls – doing too much too soon, over-training, or allowing running to take over their life. Training for a race should be fun. It shouldn’t be painful, lead to nights soaking in an ice bath, or put a strain on your relationship. To ensure that you reach race day with a smile on your face and a spring in your step, follow these three basic principles. 1.    Build a general base of fitness before setting a training goal. It’s not uncommon for someone who has put running on the back burner for several months (or years) to hear about a race, get excited, and jump right back into training. Unfortunately, they forget that their body an...