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Forecasting Fitness, Fatigue, and Form from a training plan
To train for the Haute Route 2013 challenge, I designed a training plan through a hierarchical 3-step process working backwards from the ultimate goal. This blog is about tracking and forecasting fitness, fatigue and form, given the training plan. Recall … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Haute Route
Tagged Acute Training Load, Peaking, Training Stress Balance
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Haute Route Training Plan Step 3: Build daily plan
To train for the Haute Route 2013 challenge, I designed a training plan through a hierarchical 3-step process working backwards from the ultimate goal. Step 1 defined the aggregate training goal as simulating a training stress score of 250/day (1700-1800 for the 7 days). … Continue reading
Haute Route Training Plan Step 2: Build weekly plan using periodization & Where am I so far?
To train for the Haute Route 2013 challenge, I designed a training plan through a hierarchical 3-step process working backwards from the ultimate goal. Step 1 defined the aggregate training goal as simulating a training stress score of 250/day (1700-1800 for the … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Haute Route
Tagged Chronic Training Load (CTL), Periodization, Training, Training Stress Score (TSS)
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Haute Route Training Plan Step 1: Quantify the Training Goal using TSS
After the commitment, the start of my journey towards my greatest physical challenge was to design a training plan. While the Haute Route challenge is daunting, its great benefit is singular clarity of the goal. When I started competitive cycling, … Continue reading
My Haute Route 2013 Blog and Commitment
After encouragement from some friends, I will chronicle my journey towards my greatest physical challenge on this blog. This will be my vehicle to share my thoughts, plans, and activities. I hope this may be of interest to others with … Continue reading
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Jan Van Mieghem 