Hello,

First off I wanted to say thanks to Scott and Steve and all the other moderators and contributors here. I have learned and continue to learn a lot from your books, website and forums over the last several years.

Second, I would like to put in a humble request for an uphill athlete annual training plan. These are the reasons why I think something like that would be valuable for your readers and athletes. I have used your training plans for several years to great success. Looking through my training peaks account I have the following plans: 24 week expeditionary, Nelson’s intro to ultras, Foote’s big vert, Wharton’s 8 week intermediate rock, and the via valais plan because, hey, we all have dreams. I have worked through several of those plans multiple times depending on an event or training focus I have planned for the year and while that works well if I have a singular goal it becomes unwieldy with multiple goals. It is difficult to make sure you aren’t over training when you have more than two plans layered on top of each other and it is just hard to balance everything. Obviously, training for Denali or a hundred miler requires a singular focus and you have a plan for that. But what I would like at this point is a plan that I can run through every year that keeps me ready for fun year round. I think there are a lot of us here who are focused on alpinism but also rock climb in the spring and fall, ride bikes in the summer, and back country ski in the winter. All of these activities have some overlap with running and strength as the foundation for it all. Thoughts?