Episode #54: Planning Your Macrocycles

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Episode #54: Planning Your Macrocycles

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Dec 17, 2017

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In this episode, Steve and Chris give their perspective on why you should plan your training in 12-18 month chunks and how you should build macrocycles with a goal to work on your strengths and weaknesses within those 12-18 windows. By way of intro, Steve and Chris talk about an important medal upgrade and give their initial takes on the US elite field in the Boston Marathon.

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Dec 17, 2017

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