The months between races
Events give training a purpose. But most of the year is the space between them. That steady, unstructured time is where the real work happens, and where most people lose the thread.
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How training load works, what watches get right, and what they don't.
Why I deadlift for trail running
Strength training makes trail running easier and keeps me from getting hurt. Not because it makes me faster. Because it makes me more durable. The research backs this up.
Recovery is not what it was
At 25, I could run hard on Tuesday and race on Saturday. At 45, the fitness still comes. It just asks for more time between efforts. What the research says about why, and what to do about it.
There is no honest combined training load
No validated formula combines endurance and resistance training into a single number. Every app that shows one is making it up. Here's what Duostride does instead.
What your watch knows and what it guesses
GPS watches report training load, recovery time, and VO2 max. Some of those numbers come from measured data. Others are invented by an algorithm. Here's how to tell which is which.
Running and lifting are different kinds of tired
The fatigue from a long run and the fatigue from heavy squats feel different because they are different. They recover on different timelines, through different systems. Tracking them as one number hides what's actually happening.