Forced rest day

Here’s the thing! My last half marathon was 1:44:20 though it was tough race with two long uphill sections. Then I laid my hands on Trait, a new training app (it popped up when I signed up for Dresden HM). Super simple: you set your goal race, date, and effort level, and it does all the planning for you. So my next race is Wrocław Night HM in 18 days. Based on my last time, I was aiming for 1:42:50–1:43:10... but Trait predicts I can hit 1:40:40–1:41:40 on race day. I find it hard to believe, but okay - let’s see! Now here is the trouble - zoning. Wrocław expects 32,000 runners, and the start zones are… weird: Green zone: 1:30–1:41 Next zone: 1:41–1:50 (that one is probably hold 70% of runners) So… which one do I pick? If I choose green then it is a bit of pressure to make sure I keep 4:59 pace. If I go for the next I might drown in a crowd of people and put up extra meters to go round them… for the moment green looks more reasonable.

It was a morning jib from bed to bathroom right after waking up :)

A bit longer strides but you seem to be taller. My avg is around 180. I used to have longer strides as I was pulling a long stride moves with my hips but then I focused more to swinging my arms and started to make shorter strides (kind of like Forrest Gump). I am still not sure if that is proper technique though lol

Good pace! Maybe specific shoes force you into a certain technique that you don’t use in others - like striking hard with your heels instead of rolling smoothly from heel to toe. Do you check your cadence?

It is even trickier over in Sweden and Norway. Noway and Sweden have virtually two same looking grading systems but they are not always aligned: https://www.thecrag.com/en/article/grades

Garmin was really generous with all those sprints that it gave you ;)

Something does not add up here. One screenshot says 8km and the other 700 meters hahaha

I think this is somewhat wishful thinking. The first thing I learned in my microeconomics class is that "people want more rather than less" - and that might be the most fundamental social law I know. Sure some people give up their wealth but they represent an insignificant percentage of the population. By and large, people just want stuff-whether it’s Bitcoin, gold, cars, dollars, or a higher salary. It’s always better to have more than less. Stimulating demand is just playing with that urge to have more or rather playing with your perception of how much more you should have. For example: "You must have running shoes if you want to keep training." But in the 1850s, there were no running shoes, and yet people somehow managed to run (and probably more than today). Would you consider running shoes to be a "fake demand"?

I am progressing. I found that app that is quite simple and not too flashy and focuses on progress.

Nice view for that kind of workout! Have a great day!