Thank you so much Scott for your explanation, that’s interesting stuff I hadn’t considered in depth.
The tricky part during maximum peak reaching period is that:
– If you work hard, improve, then performance declines, you are probably doing too much Z3-Z4, so you need to recover more and re-introduce Z1 for aerobic maintenance (as learned from the book).
But…
– If you work hard and make big gains, like in my episode, you still need to back off when in doubt.
After Superman day, the temptation to prove it again maybe 4-5 days later to see if you can run those intervals even faster, or break the PR again, is too big, and could in fact result in an additional fitness step upwards. I mean, it could be beneficial.
It’s a tricky balance I’m still trying to understand.
