Reads.
How I think through a training week. Short, specific, and the same way I would read your log. If one of these sounds like your training, that is usually the place to start.
A running coach vs a training app
An app serves the plan. A coach reads the week it lands in and decides what to protect and what to cut.
Read →Why you keep getting injured when mileage goes up
The cause is usually in the shape of the buildup, visible in the training before anything hurts.
Read →Your easy days decide your hard days
The most common thing I flag in a training week, and the first thing that wrecks a block.
Read →How to read a long run
How the last third went matters more than the total distance. Reading it right is most of the work.
Read →More mileage is not more fitness
A plateau usually means something in the week is mistimed, not that you need to train harder.
Read →Is your goal realistic, or just fragile?
The goal that needs everything to go right is the fragile one. Solid goals leave room for a bad week.
Read →Lifting and running: the body pays one bill
Gym work is not the enemy. Unpriced stress is.
Read →A plan is half the job. Reading it is the other half.
Most blocks fail on how the plan got read week to week, not on the plan itself.
Read →Marathon training keeps eating the gym. The order of the week is usually why.
If lifting and mileage cannot share a week, the problem is usually placement, not the gym.
Read →When goal pace feels like racing in training, do not ignore it
Goal pace that feels like a race effort in training is information. Here is how I read it.
Read →From powerlifter to marathoner: how much strength do you actually keep?
The honest question is the minimum effective dose, not whether you are still a strong person.
Read →If one of these is your training right now, send it to me and I'll tell you which one I'd fix first. Two minutes: the race, your recent weeks, and the biggest challenge. Apply for coaching.
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