Author: Michael
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Weekly Review; A Great Run and an Awesome Climb
This was a great week. Every workout was completed as planned, 2 of them were significantly better. I had a run that wasn’t my fastest, but showed me I was close, something it feels like I haven’t seen for ages. I had a bike ride where I far exceeded the expectations I set for myself.
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Upward Spiral
Sometimes it may feel like you’re going in a circle and really the PDCA process works, it’s intended to be a cycle. It’s important to remember that you are actually going on an upward spiral, even if it doesn’t always feel like it and sometimes your strength slides, you’re still approaching every workout, every week,…
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Almost Skipped It… Glad I Didn’t
Wednesday morning, I decided to run a 5K time trial. I’ve been consistent with my 20 minute run a day, most days routine, but I hadn’t done many longer runs lately. With Pat’s Run (4.2 miles) coming up, I wanted to make sure I don’t lose that bit of endurance while focusing on other training.…
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Weekly Review: It’s Getting Hot in Here
This was my first week with an adjusted training plan, starting 80/20 running and returning to longer strength training sessions, the week started off strong. Overall things went well, though of course there is always an opportunity to do better.
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Spring Goal Review
It’s been about 3 months since I published my last goal matrix (https://pdcaendurance.com/my-current-goal-matrix/) meaning it’s time for a spring refresh. After completing the marathon, it looks a bit more typical, but it’s still important to remember everybody is different and I’ve been at this for years so yours should not be the same. Most of…