training
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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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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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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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The training plan that I’m following uses 3-week “mesocycles” that have a resting week between them. The three-week period leading up to Week 7 is one of the best running blocks I’ve ever done. The weekly volume during the cycle progressed from 65 kilometres to 80 kilometres, with approximately half of the mileage getting accumulated…
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Racing on the second week of a training block is highly unusual. My original plan had been to do a full 16-week training plan ahead of the Kodiak 50K race, but that idea was foiled by a toe injury. Once I was finally able to get back to running, I was close enough to the…
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