79
Readiness
88
Sleep
80
HRV
29
Cycle Day
Readiness
Push — no real red flags. Readiness 79, sleep 88 (excellent), RHR 48 (top end of your 40–50 baseline, fine). HRV at 80ms is below your ~100–145 range, but you're day 29 of a ~24-day average cycle — this is deep late luteal, likely overdue for period. Expected progesterone-driven HRV suppression, not overtraining. No Oura tags (no alcohol/travel/illness) to explain it otherwise. Today's a REST day anyway, so nothing to gate — just carrying the context into tomorrow's long run.
Watch For
1. Late-luteal GI sensitivity for tomorrow's long run — if bloating shows up, go lower-residue/smaller pre-run fuel than your usual, per Stacy Sims late-luteal fueling.
2. Overdue cycle — day 29 vs your ~24–28 day average. If period starts overnight, expect the usual pattern: HRV may dip further before rebounding once it starts. Not a training concern.
Nutrition
Late luteal = elevated protein + carb needs and bigger appetite (Stacy Sims) — lean into that ahead of tomorrow's 14 km long run with carb-forward dinner tonight; keep the 130 g protein floor regardless of how hungry today runs.
Mon
2026-07-20
luteal • d24
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rest (pre-plan Wk9 template: Mon is rest/Peloton slot)
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Day 1 (Glutes+Back+Calves): Smith Machine Hip Thrust 4x8 - set baseline this session; Single-Leg Deadlift 4x8/leg - set baseline this session; Hip Abduction Machine 4x8 - set baseline this session; Pull-up (assisted) 4x8 - bodyweight; Single-Arm Iso-Lateral High Row 4x8/arm - set baseline this session; Single-Arm Iso-Lateral Low Row 4x8/arm - set baseline this session; Standing Calf Raise 4x8 - set baseline this session; Frog Pump 3x20 - bodyweight pumper finisher
Tue
2026-07-21
luteal • d25
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GA 6-8 km, easy conversational effort (Block 1 base build, Wk9)
🏋️♀️
rest
Wed
2026-07-22
luteal • d26
🏃♀️
rest
🏋️♀️
Day 2 (Quad+Shoulders+Adductors): Back Squat 4x8 - set baseline this session; Smith Machine Hack Squat 4x8 - set baseline this session; Seated DB Shoulder Press 4x8 - set baseline this session; DB Lateral Raise 4x12 - set baseline this session; Cable Front Raise 4x8 - set baseline this session; Copenhagen Plank 2x20-30s/side - bodyweight
Thu
2026-07-23
luteal • d27
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GA 6-10 km + 4-6 strides at end, easy effort with neuromuscular pop on strides
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rest
Fri
2026-07-24
luteal • d28
🏃♀️
rest
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Day 3 (Single-Leg+Hams+Push+Back+Calves): Deficit Bulgarian Split Squat 4x8/leg - set baseline this session; Stiff-Leg Deadlift 4x8 - set baseline this session; Lying Leg Curl 4x8 - set baseline this session; Push-ups 4x8 - bodyweight; Tricep Cable Pulldown 4x8 - set baseline this session; Lat Pulldown 4x8 - set baseline this session; Seated Calf Raise 4x8 - set baseline this session
Sat
2026-07-25
Today
luteal • d29
🏃♀️
rest (Saturday run day not added until Wk15 of base build)
🏋️♀️
rest
Sun
2026-07-26
luteal • d30
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Long run 18 km @ 5:30-6:00/km (Block 1 base build, Wk9 target, adjust for Houston dew point)
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rest
WATCH
Houston in 176 days
last week 93% of target · week of Jun 29 collapsed (10.5 of 38 km) — rolls out of the 4-week read in 2 wk · long run on schedule · predictor falling
volume 82%long run 86%runs 9/12fitness ↓ (good)
Where you are
Week 9 of 41
Base build
Pfitz marathon block starts Sep 14 — 8 weeks away216.1 km logged
Tracking · 3 weeks back & ahead
wk6
6/29
10.5
km
10.5
long
wk7
7/6
36
km
12
long
wk8
7/13
33.5
km
12
long
wk9
7/20
24·
km
14
long
wk10
7/27
43→
km
17
long
wk11
8/3
48→
km
20
long
wk12
8/10
42→
km
18
long
Past = what you ran (green on target) · this week = banked so far
· ahead (→) = what you'll be prescribed, long runs already safe-capped. Rolls forward each week.
Doing the work · actual vs adapted target
Jun 22
30 / 34 km · 88%
Jun 29
10.5 / 38 km · 28%
Jul 6
36 / 12 km · 100%
Jul 13
33.5 / 36 km · 93%
this wk
24 / 38.0 km so far
all 9 weeks · grey = target, pink = run + substituted km
Run days: 9 of 12 done or substituted (last 4 wks)
· Peloton: 2 rides, 90 min — aerobic support, not run km
The goal math
sub-3:30
= 4:55/km for 42.2 km
your half says
1:44 (Jan '26) → ~3:36:50 marathon
Riegel equivalence — what today's engine converts to
Garmin says
4:20:26 today
normal mid-base — this number is built on easy running only
what closes it
the 18-wk Pfitz block, Sep 14 → race day
LT + marathon-pace work is where the last minutes come from
your job now
hold base volume ≥ 90% weekly — that's the whole assignment until Sep
pink = Garmin's predicted marathon, snapshotted daily · dashed = 3:30 — watch it fall as quality work starts
Long-run runway
PLENTY OF RUNWAY
12 km now
→ 32 km peak by Dec 27
Being at 12 km now is not a problem. A safe ramp needs ~8 weeks of building; you have ~22 (~14 to spare). The Pfitz block from Sep 14 is what drives it.
Volume runway · goal-pace engine
ON TRACK · TIGHT
33.2 km/wk now
→ 53 at block start → 85 peak
tick = block-start target (53 km) · bar fill = your current base toward 85 km peak
~7 weeks of +10%/week building needed, ~7 left to block start — doable but tight. Consistency is the whole job now: stack weeks toward 53 km. Your one collapsed week is the risk — the ramp only holds if weeks stay consistent.
Lift progress · load over logged sessions
Back Squat
plateau
175 lb
flat · 8 sessions
Cable Front Raise
plateau
20 lb
+5 lb · 5 sessions
Deficit Bulgarian Split Squat
95 lb
+10 lb · 4 sessions
Hip Abduction Machine
225 lb
+20 lb · 4 sessions
Single-Arm Iso-Lateral High Row
70 lb
+10 lb · 5 sessions
Single-Arm Iso-Lateral Low Row
135 lb
+10 lb · 5 sessions
DB Lateral Raise
plateau
65 lb
flat · 6 sessions
Lying Leg Curl
120 lb
-40 lb · 5 sessions
Seated DB Shoulder Press
plateau
40 lb
flat · 7 sessions
Single-Leg Deadlift
130 lb
+5 lb · 5 sessions
Smith Machine Hack Squat
plateau
100 lb
flat · 3 sessions
Smith Machine Hip Thrust
320 lb
flat · 5 sessions
Stiff-Leg Deadlift
155 lb
+10 lb · 4 sessions
Tricep Cable Pulldown
52.5 lb
+10 lb · 4 sessions