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This is the penultimate week of the training plan and the last one with any real training. As directed, I cut the volume by 50% from the previous week, resulting in about 35K of running. The only run worth mentioning was a Wednesday workout on my favourite hilly loop, which I also talked about last…
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In 2026, if you pick a random people from the street, here’s one of the first things they’ll probably tell you: “Traditional machine learning models are no good for training prescriptions because they rely on correlation instead of causation, while choosing the correct training prescription is a thoroughly causal question.” No need to beat a…
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My training plan calls for three weeks of tapering for 100K events, which is definitely longer than I’ve ever done before. The plan recommends cutting the volume in half for the first two weeks and concludes with a few shake out runs in the days leading up to the race. Because I’ve rarely felt aerobically…
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My training plan designated this as the highest volume week of the block with up to 120K of running on a similar elevation profile as the target event. Since I had been recovering well throughout the training block, my original goal was to hit the upper limit of 120K exactly. I was forced to bail…
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I skipped the programmed rest and maintained about 80% of the previous week’s load. This is because I feel that the forced rest during my Christmas cold gave enough of a break for the muscles. I dropped the intensity so as not to tax the central nervous system too much after first being ill and…
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This was the first full fledged training week after the illness over the holidays. One of the few positive aspects of getting sick is that it reset my sleeping schedule, which is why I was able to do most of my runs early in the morning. The degree to which I feel like I’m in…
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Given the strong cold symptoms last week, I decided to take this week conservatively and skip the first two runs (those are Tuesday and Wednesday since Monday is always a rest day). Turns out I probably overshot the resting because I felt as strong as ever during the first run. Despite that, I decided to…
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This week was the first proper setback during this training block. Last week, I had standard cold symptoms and dialled running back considerably. But seeing as it was a rest week anyway, I didn’t miss any key workouts. During this week, by contrast, I was supposed to return to high mileage with long (around 3…
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If you have to be sick, you can do worse than being sick during a rest week. Obviously, you don’t get a similar quality rest as you would if you were healthy, but at least the legs get a break as intended. In last week’s entry, I talked about the fact that I felt fatigued…
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The week started with one of the best runs of the entire year. The workout was simple 2x15min@Z3, which I decided to on a nearby segment that’s approximately 3km at 9% split in two climbing sections and a valley in between. I estimated this segment, which includes a fair amount of stairs, would take me…
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