Below there is a chart of my recent daily mileage. Incidently you will see that I do not run every day. So there are quite a few 0's in the chart. I have added another column for "Last 7 days". Today and tomorrow are rest days...
What would be the most effective way to display the the training effort. In particular the state of the legs in respect of mileage etc...
If you insist on traditional methods to display the mileage for a calendar week only you will miss valuable data. The weekly mileage for a strict calendar week (Monday to Sunday) looks like this:
31/01 - 06/02: 57 miles
07/02 - 13/02: 60 miles
14/02 - 20/02: 44 miles
21/02 - 27/02: 92 miles
28/02 - 06/03: 67 miles
However if you look at the graph for the "Last 7 days" you will get a "weekly" mileage on a "daily" basis:
The graph shows actual "highs" and "lows" of mileage which then displays the actual impact / stress level of the last 7 days of training every day.
For example on the 19th of February I had only trained 42 miles for the "week" (that is the last 7 days). That also shows that I am very much at a state of rest (relatively speaking).On the other hand on the 4th of March I have trained 117 miles for the last 7 days which is almost 3 times as much. The legs are under a lot of stress and tired accordingly. That 117 mile effort "vanishes" in the statistics if you consider a "week" only from "Monday to Sunday".
It also shows the periodisation effort more accurately. That is I did not just triple my mileage in order to peak. I only wanted to produce a peak mileage on fresh legs so I reduced the training effort before I went for a 100+ mile week.
So that's why I look at the last 7 days on a daily basis in order to assess the training impact more accurately.
And the actual peak mileage is simply the highest value from that chart. That is I have peaked at 117 miles. And that it reflects the obvious stress level. And vice versa the lows from the chart show the state the legs when they are most rested.
What do you think, does that make sense?
4 comments:
Very impressive, best wishes for the event, you will do well
I reckon that's a great way of doing it, Thomas.
Some of my "calendar weeks" look really massive (well, relatively so) because they have 2 long runs in them on, say a Monday and then then next Sunday; but the next "calendar week" looks relatively measley as there's only one long run.
The rolling 7 day period that you demonstrate gets rid of the somewhat artificial nature of the 7 day calendar weeks usually used.
I wonder how it might look on a more comprehensive spreadsheet..... JK???..... ;-)
Murdo
Hi Thomas, great high mileage running there. I hope all the injuries are holding off, and you're in a good taper now for the 100km. I'll be watching with interest. Wish I could be there as well.
PS If you want that Rowing Machine (Concept 2, model C), email me and we can sort it out!
Good luck, Richard
Nope, you lost me at Celtic Plate :-)
You will do brilliant, CG. I'll kick you everytime you lap me.
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