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rcj on May 12, 2022 at 1:57 pm · in reply to: May 2022 Introductions / Goals / Geographies #67072

Hello, I’m Ryan. This is my second round of the training group. I started last time in Beginner despite being on what I thought was the edge, even leaning more toward Intermediate. I was not disappointed. Beginner, even for those who have been doing some training, will be a solid, consistent starting point for building that base.

I will be on Mt. Shasta next week, but joined for the summer because I love the structure and ease of having these workouts determined for me. I love to see it on paper and then execute, and not having to put it on paper is a bonus for me.

My ultimate goal is Denali, likely in the next three years. Based on how I do next week and through the summer program, Rainier next year (did it in 2015) and Denali the year after that (attempted in 2016) is the current goal.

I’m in Reno, Nevada and have plenty of hills to work out on. Would love to learn of someone else in the area to maybe work a few more remote places in together as we go along.

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rcj on April 19, 2022 at 3:52 pm · in reply to: AeT Help #65769

Alex, If everything was in line as Shashi is asking, Then in looking at your workout, I would say your AeT is 158. I started at 30 minutes and did the first half/second half averages which you mentioned above. But what Mark Postle (I believe I interpreted this correctly) said to do is to then take the average of the first ~five minutes after the warmup to get your AeT. That is 158. I hope this helps and is not incorrect.

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rcj on April 12, 2022 at 4:03 pm · in reply to: Combining Strength and Z2 Mid Week #65479

I cam to ask a similar question.

@MarkPostle, do you have thoughts on two workout days once we get deeper into the training? I’m talking a run in the morning with an easier run in the afternoon. I see that from a lot of my local ultra/trail running guys and wonder if there’s a big benefit to it, or if we’re better off focusing on a much longer single workout.

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rcj on April 4, 2022 at 9:25 am · in reply to: I messed up My TP calendar…hopefully someone can help #65085

Mark, thanks. I think I figured it out. I was changing some other things to :40 expected times and probably accidentally did for this as well. I had a browser window open that hadn’t refreshed the calendar and I just caught that the time for the Z2 run/hike is supposed to be 1:15, so I’ll go with that. It makes sense.

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rcj on March 9, 2022 at 2:45 pm · in reply to: gps fails to capture true speed – just weird #64064

Bill, if a second attempt at it results in the same thing, I wonder if it could be a setting on the watch. For instance, is it possible that a Run has a harder time picking up slower pacing, so it looks stopped, then jumps to catch up. While maybe a Walk setting could adjust the parameters of what the watch is looking for from the GPS? I occasionally see what looks like a non-moving period in slower climbing workouts where I know I was actually moving, but the overall distance tends to be correct. It makes me wonder about the interval between data points and that maybe I’m tricking the watch into thinking I haven’t been moving because I’m not far enough away from the previous point, which then watches up and overcompensates.

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rcj on March 2, 2022 at 2:05 pm · in reply to: Z1 Recovery level walk/run #63837

This makes sense. I am still not to the weighted pack portion of the program, but once I get there I will speed these up a bit. Thanks, Mark.

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rcj on March 2, 2022 at 8:44 am · in reply to: How to record chamfit sessions #63817

Same here. I just track it as strength and manually adjust to 50TSS. If there’s a better way, I would love to use it.

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rcj on February 23, 2022 at 5:34 pm · in reply to: Tyre Drag Set Up #63594

I’ve done it that way, and it works well.

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rcj on December 14, 2021 at 5:13 pm · in reply to: What’s my problem #60811

Thanks Mark and Brian. I too have read that six months is what to expect for improvement, but I was concerned about the backsliding and wanted to make sure to intervene early if I could. If this is really a normal course that I’m dealing with, then I can live with it and keep chugging along.

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rcj on December 14, 2021 at 1:34 pm · in reply to: What’s my problem #60801

Thanks very much for the response.

It has been a few years since I lab tested my heart rate zones, and I don’t have access to a treadmill to do the drift test, but I am going off of the general MAF calculation backed up by using an app that measures DFA Alpha 1. I now it’s not exact, but I think I’m close enough to agree that staying under the heart rate that I came up with using this should be a good start. I plan to measure again in the next few months.

I think you’re probably right that I had a higher efficiency at higher heart rates due to previous training. What’s frustrating is that my efficiency has gone down and seems to be steadily declining right now when training right at that AeT heart rate. It sounds like that is maybe normal? Since this change in October, I haven’t even thought about AnT, nor measured anything with regard to it, since I am focusing on staying under AeT at all times to build that base.

Should I change up the routine, or is this a “stick to it and it’ll improve” situation? I guess I really just don’t understand how I could be getting worse at this lower heart rate level while only working within it.

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rcj on March 14, 2019 at 10:12 am · in reply to: Weekly TSS load question #18347

Thanks Scott. This essentially tells me what I need to know, which is where I should try to be by the climb. I was worried I hadn’t planned for enough training based on where my ending CTL would be, but I asked in a different way. I appreciate the explanation and can definitely use what you said to get me set up for where I should be in training for this climb.

While I am pretty new to TP, I did take a lot of old data and load it in just to see where I was prior to beginning to use it, and I can see some background as a result. It’s enlightening. My buddy is a triathlete, as am I, but my training has shifted from some of those things to more strength and longer days hiking with weight. Knowing that a lot of Denali climbers (my goal) reach around 100 for several weeks gives me a goal to shoot for. This is really helpful.