[hafjell]

Was supposed to do 12,000′ last week. Due to extreme wind and protective moose guarding the skin track, I turned around with just over 10,100′ for the week. Is that discrepancy enough to force me to repeat my week? Fyi, I’m doing a multi-month ski mountaineering plan.

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[Rachel]

Rachel on February 9, 2021 at 2:13 pm #50645

If you have the time to repeat the week it won’t hurt. What is the increase in vert for this week? Generally you don’t want to increase by more than 10-15% week to week.

[hafjell]

hafjell on February 9, 2021 at 2:22 pm #50646

Thanks, Rachel. The increase would be to just over 12,800′. I’m trying not to increase by more than 7%.

[LindsayTroy]

LindsayTroy on February 10, 2021 at 9:21 pm #50702

Dang! What does your plan peak at?

[hafjell]

hafjell on February 11, 2021 at 12:15 pm #50724

I don’t know. Presumably life constraints will dampen the final number, but I’m just going off of the book’s stated goals of consistency and incremental increases. I’m using 5 to 7% as 10 to 15% compounds too much. The goal this season is for a long-for-me traverse–less than 20 miles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous on February 19, 2021 at 6:01 am #51011

Nah, just continue. There’s no magic formula. It sounds like your week was close enough.

[hafjell]

hafjell on February 19, 2021 at 8:47 am #51017

Thanks, Scott.

I’m seeing multiple PRs on a variety of my usual routes across workouts that run one hour, two hours, and three hours. A little time off certainly seems to be working. Thanks for the feedback.