Author: from1runner2another

𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐞-𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 Training Load Balance, based on your Training Load Scores, includes both intensity and duration but it doesn’t provide any insight into the distribution of running intensities in your training. A longer run at a lower intensity can produce the same Training Load Score as a shorter run at a higher intensity. Yet intensity…

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 Training loads your body, encouraging it to adapt. But it’s a balance. Load the body too little, and it will not adapt; load it too much or too quickly, and it will break down instead of adapting; load your body correctly, and sustained long-term improvements are possible. And…

𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 Training Load Scores, calculated for each workout, represent each workout’s metabolic stress. You can use these scores to model the shorter-term and longer-term impacts from each workout. Combining these, you can obtain a Training Load Balance (TLB), indicating whether your training is ‘productive’. Training Load Balance at also known as…

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐨𝐚𝐝 – 𝐚 𝐭𝐰𝐨-𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧! On one side of the coin, the reason you’re training – improving your performance, your fitness, your speed, your ability to run further for longer. On the other, the impact of your workouts – fatigue, muscle soreness, dehydration, injury risk … the list could go on. How can a…

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝? When you train, you don’t go out for a run then wait until you’ve fully recovered before going out for another – it’s not a “one run at a time” thing. Instead, you run three or more times each week (at the highest levels, perhaps running up to ten times a…