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hafjell on May 17, 2022 at 1:34 pm · in reply to: Returning to Exercise after Covid-19 #67307

Everyone is all over the map. Doesn’t sound like you were symptomatic / sick so you may return really quickly. Others may disagree, but here in the mountains, some friends are taking months to return to training; others are taking 48 hours. Start slow and progress as tolerance allows would be my advice.

Tl / dr I would construct whatever plan you want, and add (if body allows) at the end of each week.

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hafjell on May 17, 2022 at 1:29 pm · in reply to: Cancer treatment and long-term fitness considerations #67306

Hi Kim,

Tl/dr: yes to what Dr. Thomas wrote.

I have been participating in various forms of treatment and recovery for 3 decades while running around the mountains. Radiation, experimental chemo and 4 surgeries. In my opinion all of the studies and resources may be useful, but the patient will have her own experience. I would have her listen to her body. Following the warm-up method of “I’ll just run slowly for ten minutes and see how I feel before deciding to continue with workouts” may suffice to avoid over-training / exertion. Steve and Scott have here, and in other writings, recommended listening to the body with more eloquence than I state here. Just remember her experience is unlikely to be linear. There will be set-backs. There may be days when she unexpectedly feels fine. Outside of protocols which hammer her immune system, the doctors may let her exercise according to her own wishes. My 2 cents.

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hafjell on April 3, 2022 at 9:27 am · in reply to: European Mountain Vacations in September #65004

Would be difficult to make a mistake. Most of the resorts will be open for another few weeks, restaurants and ski lifts should be open as well. Fewer tourists.

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hafjell on March 24, 2022 at 1:40 pm · in reply to: Returning to Exercise after Covid-19 #64706

Felt fine prior to training. Once started, felt ok for a minute or two, then started to feel more winded than normal considering pace and terrain. Fyi, I was symptom free; a head cold is probably an indication to stay at home and read. As Steve and others have said, “Better to be 5% undertrained than 5% overtrained.”

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hafjell on March 24, 2022 at 1:20 pm · in reply to: Returning to Exercise after Covid-19 #64704

Matt,
My experience of recovery was (at least perceived as) binary. One day I could not exercise in Z2, the next day I could. It took 2.5 weeks to start again and my times were consistent with pre-Covid. No drop-off in performance.
In my case, nobody had to lock the doors as I was incapable of training. Crippling nausea after 1K. For the record, I don’t have Brandon’s technique or training base for nordic.
Good luck on Denali.

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hafjell on January 31, 2022 at 2:22 pm · in reply to: Returning to Exercise after Covid-19 #62765

Most severe symptoms presented the night of Jan. 22.
Test positive on Jan. 23.
Cleared to return to work on Jan. 28.
Lift access with 5 year old on Jan 29 and 30 without problems.
Skate skied this morning (Jan 31) and was winded almost immediately and severely nauseous after 20 minutes. Another 100 yards and I suspect I would have thrown. Limped back to the car with a very fortunate tailwind and net vertical loss.
Feel fine now–3 hours later. Wonder how much time I should wait before trying again. I have a 34km race this Saturday which I imagine I will have to drop out of.
Not requesting a comment; just wanted to add my experience.

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hafjell on January 17, 2022 at 3:01 pm · in reply to: Buckle setup to prevent blisters #62263

NERRS, how does the Leukotape work in the field as blisters are forming or have formed?

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hafjell on January 5, 2022 at 10:51 am · in reply to: How to Include Nordic Skate Skiing #61601

Thanks, Aaron. I realized this yesterday: I am not a good enough skate skier to stay below Z3.

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hafjell on January 5, 2022 at 10:49 am · in reply to: Second layer clothing #61600

I’d stick with what you have unless there’s a specific reason to purchase new. What about your current system isn’t working?

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hafjell on March 18, 2021 at 10:54 am · in reply to: Training without clear event date #52168

4-6 weeks without a recover week seems too long. Why not stick to 3 weeks of building followed by 1 week of 50% of week 3, then week 5 is week 3 x 1.05 or such? Curious.

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hafjell on February 19, 2021 at 8:47 am · in reply to: Missed Time and Vertical Goal for Base Week 1 #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.

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hafjell on February 11, 2021 at 12:15 pm · in reply to: Missed Time and Vertical Goal for Base Week 1 #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.

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hafjell on February 9, 2021 at 2:22 pm · in reply to: Missed Time and Vertical Goal for Base Week 1 #50646

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

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hafjell on January 23, 2021 at 1:20 pm · in reply to: At-home Muscle Endurance Circuit during Rest Week #49665

Alpinejoe, which ME circuit are you using?

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hafjell on July 27, 2020 at 12:10 pm · in reply to: Thank you, Shasta Summit via Hotlum Glacier #43895

Could you clarify what back to back 25 miles/wk means? Is that 25 miles of volume in back to back weeks over multiple days or 25 miles on day 1 and 25 miles on day 2 within the same week.

Hi, I’ll let Scott weigh in, but in most of the plans, the volume minimums are for weekly totals. So 25 miles over multiple days in back to back weeks.