Maximising your training

𝐌𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠

Your training begins with a goal.

Your goal should translate into a plan for the workouts you’ll run, including target intensities and durations for each.

And then while executing your plan, you should:
🔹 monitor your fitness – to confirm improvements
🔹 monitor your training load – to ensure you maximise training benefits and minimise injury risk

How does power support this approach?

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬

Power enables more precise training targets, using targets relative to your Threshold Power – your current fitness.

Which means:
✅ power targets are clearer than pace or HR targets – just ‘run to the numbers’
✅ you’re more likely to target the adaptations needed for your goal race
✅ as your fitness improves, your targets automatically adjust to match your increased capability

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬

This is as simple as monitoring:
✅ your Power-Duration Curve – improvements should move your PDC up, to the right, or both
✅ your Threshold Power – which, for many runners, will increase as you get fitter

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝

Power provides three key metrics (based on completed or planned workouts) to monitor your training load:
✅ Training Load Balance – indicating whether your training is productive.
✅ Ramp Rate – to avoid adding training load too quickly.
✅ Training Intensity Distribution – to check that your training intensity mix matches your goal race.

Power provides a complete system for maximising your training.

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