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2024 Training Part 1 (November-April)

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Sebastien Lachance In this blog post, I will detail as much as possible my training for my 2024 sub-ultra trail running season. I raced a total of 18 times between March and November, ranging from 5km road-races to 30km trail races. I really wanted to compete well during the entierety of the season, so I put a lot of thought and time into the planning of my training this year. There are definitely a lot of things that I could've done better, but I figured it could be interesting to share what seems to have worked for me. With that said, the year was far from perfect, with notably two major setbacks (a stress fracture + sickness) which forced me to adapt my training even more. I'll explain below how I periodized my training to the different races, as well as how I was able to keep my racing season on the rails despite the setbacks.   Disclaimers Before getting into the numbers, two big disclaimer s . Firstly, b y no means should this be perceived as an example to follow with ...
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2024 Training Part 2 (April-July)

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Read part 1 (training from November-April) here . Adapting my training to the stress fracture When I got the news of the injury, I was obviously really bummed out. The most frustrating part was that it was very difficult to identify exactly what caused the injury in the first place, and thus figure out what I could do in the future to avoid something similar. I had a couple hypotheses, such as insufficient vitamin D (which helps to absorb calcium), too much running on pavement, too small racing shoes, etc. but I concluded that it wasn't due to a clear obvious problem with how I trained through the winter. Looking back on my training, the progression made sense and my body hadn't been showing any signs of overtraining, so apart from making minor adjustments in the future (supplement with vitamin D, vary run surfaces...), I decided to not perceive the injury as a sign that I had been training wrong. Half-marathon race in 1:06:49 in April I think it's important to be self-crit...
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