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Episode #391: Long-Term Planning for Max Success

Running

Episode #391: Long-Term Planning for Max Success

Running Rogue›
Feb 20, 202650:43

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Episode Notes

We believe that MOST runners are thinking in planning windows that are too short.

If your focus is ONLY on your very next race, then you are leaving potential on the table. In this episode, James and I discuss how to think about planning in 12-18 windows by strategically considering your sequence of macrocyles (aka big training blocks).

If you think long-term with THE big, main-priority goal in mind, then you will increase your chances of getting there. To break it down, we discuss what is a macrocycle, how to plan/periodize them, and how to schedule your racing checkpoints along the way.

Paint the big picture so that you are then master the details along the way!

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