[fredrikkeate]

fredrikkeate on January 31, 2021 at 3:16 am · in reply to: Maximum training time and peaking too soon. #50142

Hi Scott,

Some good pearls of wisdom there, many thanks.

I’ve been having a tinker about and implemented a few of the suggestion from you all.
I think strength work is an area I’ve been particularly neglecting, and one which could reap some pretty hefty rewards. I live in the middle of a fairly flat city, currently in lockdown, so my legs don’t get much chance to adapt to the pounding of downhill running, hopefully I can prepare them for that a bit in the gym (aka my living room).

Thanks again to everyone who’s taken the time to reply, this really is a great cracking community you guys have built here.

[fredrikkeate]

fredrikkeate on January 26, 2021 at 6:48 am · in reply to: Maximum training time and peaking too soon. #49759

Thanks all, definitely given me a lot to work with. Time to have some fun tinkering with the old training plan!

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fredrikkeate on January 23, 2021 at 4:41 am · in reply to: Maximum training time and peaking too soon. #49646

Thank you both for your advice.

I think sitting down to write a more long term periodised training plan, particularly for the strength work, would be beneficial.

You point about sleep/recovery is partly why I’ve found the 10ish hours a week to be my sustainable limit, beyond that it cuts too much into my recovery and general time spent enjoying life.

I think perhaps a bit of time spent this weekend looking for potential low hanging fruit, as you put it, would be a good idea (mobility and balance are two that have been screaming for attention).

One final question, would you recommend varying my training mileage/time or just stick to the maximum each week from now until august? (recovery weeks excluded of course).