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Thoughts, Notes, and Shares for June 21st, 2020

June 21, 2020 by Paul Cunningham Leave a comment

Just as life under COVID-19 restrictions was becoming… familiar, not comfortable exactly… the announcement of the phased return to “normal life” threw our lives back into chaos. As with any time of disruption and chaos I have tried to center myself on the things I love the most… time with family, feeding my brain and body, and of course running on trails.

To refocus, I wrote out my training plan for The Guzzler Half Full (50K) in November. I’m re-using my training plan from Ultra-Trail Australia. But I had some doubts about whether the plan was best for me. Or rather, some doubts about whether I understood how the plan would help me train for my next race.

I decided to get a second opinion. I started reading Jason Koop’s Training Essentials for Ultrarunning. I’ll write up a full review when I’ve finished reading. But for now I can happily report that the book filled in all the gaps in my understanding that were creating doubt. I feel that I now “get it” in terms of what each run or workout in my training plan is contributing to my enjoyment of race day.

To go along with the book, here’s a few more Jason Koop resources that have been helpful to me these last few months:

  • Koopcast episode on nutrition (yes it’s 3 hours long, but worth it!) and Jason’s articles summarizing the paper (Part 1 and Part 2)
  • Koopcast episode on hydration
  • Koopcast episodes on strength training (Part 1 and Part 2) and blog post

Filed under: General Tags: Hydration, Koopcast, nutrition, Podcasts, strength training

About Paul Cunningham

Paul is a below average runner who loves to get out in nature and explore the trails. With zero top 10 finishes in his racing career, he nonetheless continues to show up and enjoy being a part of the trail running community. You can also follow Paul on Instagram and Facebook.

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