All things training. Mostly advice and tips but maybe questions, general comments, or who knows what else.
Last week, in one day, my VO2max dropped from 60 to 57. Or so my Garmin told me.
Those of us in Wisconsin have had a very strange spring. It was cool to the point that it felt like we weren’t getting spring. Then, suddenly, things changed very rapidly until, on Tuesday, I found myself running in 85° weather with extremely high humidity, direct midday sun and pretty much no wind.
After one run in that weather, my Garmin said I lost a lot of fitness.
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Do you get caught up worrying about every little detail of a workout? Do you find yourself thinking “should I do 5 repeats or 6” or “should my recoveries be 2:30 or 3:00” or “should my long run be 14 miles or 15”?
If so, I’d like to encourage you to stop doing that.
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I will note right up front that this is part an explanation and part advice.
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The hard days are the stimulus for the improvement but the rest is when the improvement happens.
This is something I often remind the runners I coach, as well as myself.
Why is this important?
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Last week, I discussed the importance of taking time off early if you feel something that might be an impending injury.
You might have left that asking how much am I going to lose? How much is that going to set me back?
Well, hopefully it goes without saying that a few days off before something is bad is far better than taking weeks or month off after it got bad but here are some details on what you lose and how much time it takes to get it back.
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