Hi everyone
As the post suggest, Im interested in everyone's opinions on how to plan a season where time (hrs / week) is essentially fixed all year.
Typically season plans will assume time per week (or per month, same same) can change in order to increase training volume without too drastically changing the distribution of intensity.
However, for example, if one was working on a ~80/20 model, how do you vary training volume over the season if you have say, 10hrs/week to train?
One option might be to say increase the proportion of high/higher intensity work, thus increasing the training load. But we may not want to stray too far from a specific intensity distribution. Or, perhaps earlier in the season you could do LESS volume than is possible, in order to have room to increase the volume later. This of course seems wasteful. I have a number of training books, and all seem to assume a model where training time can be manipulated quite drastically during the year. So i am not very aware of good thinking on this top.
In my case, I am looking to target a race in late September. I could probably find a spot here and there closer to the race to find some extra time, but with family & work it is unlikely that i can ever plan to find more time in general. So I am interested to hear how anyone here thinks about this question.
Thanks!! Look forward to hearing your thoughts.
As the post suggest, Im interested in everyone's opinions on how to plan a season where time (hrs / week) is essentially fixed all year.
Typically season plans will assume time per week (or per month, same same) can change in order to increase training volume without too drastically changing the distribution of intensity.
However, for example, if one was working on a ~80/20 model, how do you vary training volume over the season if you have say, 10hrs/week to train?
One option might be to say increase the proportion of high/higher intensity work, thus increasing the training load. But we may not want to stray too far from a specific intensity distribution. Or, perhaps earlier in the season you could do LESS volume than is possible, in order to have room to increase the volume later. This of course seems wasteful. I have a number of training books, and all seem to assume a model where training time can be manipulated quite drastically during the year. So i am not very aware of good thinking on this top.
In my case, I am looking to target a race in late September. I could probably find a spot here and there closer to the race to find some extra time, but with family & work it is unlikely that i can ever plan to find more time in general. So I am interested to hear how anyone here thinks about this question.
Thanks!! Look forward to hearing your thoughts.