Lunch: 8.5 miles with Mike, awesome conversation. I almost walked into my office without my shirt I was so wound up, had to run back to the parking garage.
So the month ended with a whimper, but I'm almost OK with that. I will probably never be totally good with less than optimal training.
I think the default understanding (at least mine) is that training progresses based on the way you mix up the variables (number of runs, total mileage, workouts, pace, etc). And it surely does.
But at the same time, I do believe it's also like riding a wave. There are times you will dial in the optimal ingredients and end up smashed on the ocean floor, and there are the opposites where I've eaten my own pizza and drank the beer and ran great the next day. It just doesn't always add up or conform.
That's not all to say there aren't good approaches to follow - there are - and I'm trying to set myself up as best I can for TCM. I do think it's helpful to keep that sine wave in mind, though - so one (me) doesn't freak out when a workout goes off the rails.
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