This week was a copy of the previous one except for two modifications. First, I switched the muscular endurance workout in my plan into the one discussed here. There’s one primary difference, which is that instead of repeating sets of split jump squats and box step ups ad infinitum (or so it feels in any case), the new workout adds jump squats and front lunges in the circuit, while keeping the total number of reps approximately the same (in the hundreds). The result is a lightly less mentally fatiguing workout.

The second modification is that, instead of a gym based circuit, I switched to hill sprints (6 x 10s to begin with). According to the plan, this switch can be made anywhere between weeks 0 and 9, and this week felt to me as good as any given that recovery is still great. I’m currently running without any pain or even fatigue whatsoever, which has not been my experience with running previously. I’ve been coming up with a list of possible explanations for this unprecedented level of recovery, which I’ll discuss in the next week’s log.