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Josh on December 30, 2020 at 5:36 pm · in reply to: Advice on extending Mike Foote’s Big Vert plan via the optional ME workouts #48691

Thanks Rob, that would make sense. I actually have slightly less time than you (mid August race) so won’t make it through the plan a full two times. I think my approach will be to run through it once with the additional ME workouts in place of the Z3 workouts, and then on the second (truncated) go-through, focus more on the latter half of the plan to get the full effect of the intervals (basically just extending the ME phase overall and then the interval phase overall).

-Josh

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Josh on December 30, 2020 at 4:27 am · in reply to: Advice on extending Mike Foote’s Big Vert plan via the optional ME workouts #48676

Thanks for posting Rob, I had a similar question and just wanted to confirm the best way to implement Scott’s advice. Are you saying to extending the first go through to 24 weeks (i.e. adding in the extra weeks of ME in the middle) or keep it to a 20-week cycle and replace some of the Z3 with the ME workouts?

If replacing, the week where ME #13 would be has no Zone 3 interval workout (instead there is a second long aerobic base run on Tuesday). Which workout would it be best to replace with the 13th ME workout? Was thinking either the Zone 2 trail run or the Hill Sprints workout to avoid giving up a bigger aerobic base day.

Thanks for the input
-Josh

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Josh on December 8, 2020 at 11:00 am · in reply to: Training Plan Choice for Multiple Objectives #47990

Thanks for the input!

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Josh on December 1, 2020 at 7:54 am · in reply to: Training Plan Choice for Multiple Objectives #47711

An additional question. Any thoughts on the best way of implementing the big-vert plan for an objective that is so far out (mid August). Would it make sense to hold off on starting it for now, or to start it and repeat certain weeks of it? I have seen info on the forums about extending other training plans (e.g. the mountaineering ones) but nothing much for the Big Vert plan.

Thanks!

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Josh on November 27, 2020 at 9:28 am · in reply to: Training Plan Choice for Multiple Objectives #47474

Thanks for the advice. I didn’t realize the ultra running plan was tailored for a specific distance, agree the big vert sounds like it makes more sense