Current plan — v2
Status: current · Effective from: 10 Aug 2026 (Week 1) · Decision owner: Nishanth Sudharsanam (self-revision, ahead of formal review) · 17 weeks, four phases, ending race week.
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Original plan — v1 (superseded)
Status: superseded · Effective: drafted 31 Jul 2026, replaced 9 Aug 2026 before ever taking effect · drafted through Week 9 only.
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Doctor review
Plan vs. actual — this week
Week 1, Foundation phase. It's Thursday, day 4. No sessions have been confirmed as completed yet, so every row below is left unresolved rather than backfilled with a guess.
| Date | Session | Plan | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 10 Aug | Easy run | 6 km, conversational pace | Not yet logged |
| Tue 11 Aug | Strength A | Full-body, benchmark loads | Not yet logged |
| Wed 12 Aug | Easy run | 6 km + 4 × 20s strides | Not yet logged |
| Thu 13 Aug | Strength B | Full-body, benchmark loads | Not yet logged |
| Fri 14 Aug | Rest / mobility | — | Upcoming |
| Sat 15 Aug | Long run | 8 km, easy pace | Upcoming |
| Sun 16 Aug | Rest | — | Upcoming |
Week 1 target: 24 km across 3 runs, plus 2 strength sessions. Actual total: awaiting the week's close.
Change history
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9 Aug 2026v1 → v2: mileage ramp smoothed, cutback weeks added
What changed: weekly mileage progression rebuilt against the ~10%-per-week guideline; cutback weeks added at Weeks 4, 8, and 12; peak long run moved from Week 6 to Week 13; strength sessions doubled from one to two per week; the two hardest sessions of each week separated by at least one easy day.
Peak weekly mileage:
55 km, reached by Week 5→ 47 km, reached by Week 11Why: re-reading v1 next to standard progression guidance made the jump from 25 km to 55 km over five weeks look reckless before a single session had been run.
Evidence/experience informing the change: the commonly cited 10%-per-week mileage guideline and a gut check against past training history — not Dr. Reddy's review, which was still pending.
Dr. Reddy's view: not yet recorded — his review of v2 is in progress.
Affected weeks: all 17.
Outcome: awaiting — will be updated as the plan plays out. See the journal entry for the full reasoning.
Plan states used on this site
Each session can be: planned, completed as planned, completed with modification, moved, skipped, stopped, or awaiting outcome. Minor copy fixes don't create a new plan version; anything that changes training does.
Dr. Reddy's background is on his profile, but he hasn't reviewed this yet. This module will carry his dated, attributed comment once he has — nothing here is invented in the meantime.
His review of plan v2 is the next milestone on this page. If it surfaces disagreements with the self-revision above, they'll be recorded as a v3 with a link back to both prior versions, not merged in quietly.