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Matthew Morriss on August 13, 2023 at 3:49 pm · in reply to: Altitude handicap factor #80356

I would also be super interested in this discussion and thoughts from the coaches.

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Matthew Morriss on July 18, 2023 at 3:58 pm · in reply to: Run types, RPE, and HR zones #79781

Thanks Brian this is super helpful!

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Matthew Morriss on November 3, 2022 at 5:20 am · in reply to: How much Z3 a week is too much? #72277

Thanks ya’ll for all the input. I went out for a Z2 last night with a friend and we made it a jog/walk, which was still fun and about all I can do with my AET. Gonna try to commit to low and slow activities from here on out.

Question for Mark, should I be repeating my AET test on regular intervals as part of this training plan?

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Matthew Morriss on June 20, 2022 at 9:50 am · in reply to: Training activities while ankle is contraindicated #68381

Thomas, just in case running/hiking continue to cause pain in my ankle and I need to switch activities for the benefit of getting to full recovery of my ankle are elliptical and aqua jogging or even cycling good options to continue to try to build my aerobic base fitness while trying to get my ankle to calm down?

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Matthew Morriss on June 17, 2022 at 11:11 am · in reply to: Training activities while ankle is contraindicated #68315

Thanks @Thomas!

Is this the type of taping you had in mind?

I’ll definitely be keeping up up the ankle strengthening exercises with therabands, calf stretching and heel raises I’ve been working on.

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Matthew Morriss on June 16, 2022 at 9:24 pm · in reply to: Training activities while ankle is contraindicated #68297

On the advice of my PT, I’ve got higher arched insoles in all my shoes now, and am using shoes with 4-5 mm of drop vs zero drop shoes.

Do you recommend compressions socks? What style of taping?

I’b happy to discuss this in more detail. Any ideas i’m open to.

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Matthew Morriss on May 22, 2022 at 4:35 pm · in reply to: Who Likes Their Watch? #67491

A bit more $$ but I love my Coros Apex https://www.outdoorgearlab.com/topics/camping-and-hiking/best-gps-watch
I’ve had mine for two years and really liked it.

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Matthew Morriss on May 13, 2022 at 4:10 pm · in reply to: May 2022 Introductions / Goals / Geographies #67137

Great thread!

Hi Matthew here. Salt Lake City based mountain athlete.

For the past few years, I’ve mostly been focused on long distance running and was training for my first 50k when sidelined by an injury last year. Spent the winter ski touring a lot in the Wasatch, looking forward to training this summer for some objectives in the intermountain west:

1) Cirque of the Towers Traverse or
2) Teton Traverse and/or
3) Run of the teton crest trail

Hoping to keep building my aerobic base and get more into climbing this next year building up to a 100 km run in 2023 and hopefully another trip to the AK Range, maybe for Mt Huntington.

I’ve followed TFTNA and TFUA workouts before but all self-coached for Alaska trips and ultra marathon running. Looking forward to some more structure training this time around!