Dialed

There are 16 weeks between now and the race I’m training for. It’s time to double down on focus, sleep, food and of course, running. Most of the year, my workout plan is to do whatever I feel like. Sometimes I’ll do something I’ve been neglecting and other times there are dedicated periods of focus on one particular movement or movements. Probably once a year, for 12-16 weeks I get dialed in as best I can to ramp up for a big race.

There’s a misconception that you need to be dialed in all the time for training to be effective. This of course, is not true. As we head into the 5th week of 2020, remember, it’s okay not to be all in, all the time. Choose periods where you’re going to workout more, be more strict and also pick periods of downtime. This is crucial to long term fitness success.

Trying to be in race shape all year is a formula to burn out. Ramp it up hard once or twice. Work toward something specific. The rest of the time, make sure you’re still getting after it, but maybe it’s less focused than a ramp up for an event or goal, and that’s okay too. 

Justin Miner

@justinminergain