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"The effort length and instantaneous power output changes, of course." but that's what the phrase is meant to convey, right? Don't run through consumable X (e

"The effort length and instantaneous power output changes, of course." but that's what the phrase is meant to convey, right? Don't run through consumable X (energy/money/etc) like there's no tomorrow - even though there's <some big important milestone> now, we've got dozens more of those that we need to meet, so you're better off getting this one done at 75% than committing 100% to it and failing on all the others.

boredumb 3mo ago
Don't work 12 hour days to get milestone X out, because there are dozens more milestones so don't get burnt on trying to get this one out yesterday. It would probably be more like, don't use 200% to get this out and then quit or burn yourself to 0% or a few % in a year when we want you to extend and maintain this stuff.
chantepierre 3mo ago
Yeah you're right, I hear it more like "this is a week long hike, not a sprint" as if a marathon included rest. In any length of racing there's no tomorrow. But I'm doing tongue-in-cheek pedanticness here and will stop that right now !
- dasil003 3mo ago
  I'd wager that if a manager says that they want you to take it more like a real marathon and less like long hike.
- jayd16 3mo ago
  In a marathon, not sprinting is the rest.
  - Jensson 3mo ago
    No its not a rest, marathon runners are still exhausted at the end, they can't go and run another marathon right after.
  - chantepierre 3mo ago
    There is no rest. There is just (properly done) a continuous output from start to finish, or a very slight increase of output (negative splitting), but effort to maintain it feels exponential. In terms of feeling, it’s a 32km « dynamic run » where you should feel good, then the hardest 10k you can pull off just after that. If paced properly there should not be a « wall » but at all levels you pass people walking who disintegrated around 30km. Even people with sub-elite/elite bibs sometimes explode. A half is more intense but way easier, you’re just sub threshold but for a time short enough that you cannot really not make it.

boredumb 3mo ago

Don't work 12 hour days to get milestone X out, because there are dozens more milestones so don't get burnt on trying to get this one out yesterday. It would probably be more like, don't use 200% to get this out and then quit or burn yourself to 0% or a few % in a year when we want you to extend and maintain this stuff.

chantepierre 3mo ago

Yeah you're right, I hear it more like "this is a week long hike, not a sprint" as if a marathon included rest. In any length of racing there's no tomorrow. But I'm doing tongue-in-cheek pedanticness here and will stop that right now !

dasil003 3mo ago
I'd wager that if a manager says that they want you to take it more like a real marathon and less like long hike.
jayd16 3mo ago
In a marathon, not sprinting is the rest.
- Jensson 3mo ago
  No its not a rest, marathon runners are still exhausted at the end, they can't go and run another marathon right after.
- chantepierre 3mo ago
  There is no rest. There is just (properly done) a continuous output from start to finish, or a very slight increase of output (negative splitting), but effort to maintain it feels exponential. In terms of feeling, it’s a 32km « dynamic run » where you should feel good, then the hardest 10k you can pull off just after that. If paced properly there should not be a « wall » but at all levels you pass people walking who disintegrated around 30km. Even people with sub-elite/elite bibs sometimes explode. A half is more intense but way easier, you’re just sub threshold but for a time short enough that you cannot really not make it.