I'm finding it a big psychological adjustment shifting to training for mountain #running from regular #TrailRunning. My weekly distances are way down, but elevation and intensity is up.
E.g. my "long" run yesterday was 8k, with 750m elevation gain. I need to stop thinking in terms of total distance and more in terms of quality training time. Specificity over distance.
So 45mins on a treadmill at 15% incline going 3km or so is more specific to the target event than a 10km tempo run in the same time. I know this "intellectually", I just need to shake the nagging feeling I need to do more (that way lies overtraining...)
It's also ironic that I made this shift because I love spending time in the #mountains, and the main change so far is spending less time on trails and more in the gym. Getting up to Wales again in a couple of weeks though...
@theta_max your experience will be unique, of course. But for me, when training for Leadville I focused on HR zone and time exclusively. I just dropped distance from my mind. It was hard. I hope you find a mindset that works. Like beer, our minds are the source of, and solution to, all our problems 😁
@theta_max I forced myself to not look at weekly distance totals. Only duration. A mantra sometimes helps me. Like, “my training is time in the zone” or some such
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