You've been busting ass to get ready for the big climb, and as the date gets near, you're feeling more and more discouraged.

Despite all your work and effort, you're still slower than Suzy, who is five years older, 10 pounds heavier, and eats Cheetos on trail. It's just not fair!

Friend, if you're worried that you're not making progress, know that you're not alone. So many athletes struggle with self doubt during training. Sometimes they're running into normal performance plateaus. But sometimes they would benefit from making some changes.

So in today's episode, I'm going to show you how to figure out what's normal progress and how to troubleshoot when you think you've stalled out.

Ready? Let's do this!

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In this episode, you’ll learn …

• What’s normal progress and what’s not when it comes to endurance training. The importance of setting reasonable expectations. When to expect results. A simple test you can do to make sure you’re moving in the right direction.

• Consistency. Are you overdoing it or underdoing it in training? Some volume benchmarks you need to hit for a moderate-difficulty mountaineering trip or trail running race. The importance of tracking your workouts, plus two of my favorite fitness tracking apps.

• Why workout quality matters. Common reasons that quality suffers, from stress to sleep to working out at the wrong time of day. How grading your workouts can help you get to the bottom of quality issues.

• Understanding workout dosage. Why you need to put a certain amount of stress on your body to get results. Prescribed intensity and duration dosages for different energy systems (VO2 max, lactate threshold, aerobic endurance).