Hey there,
Currently on week 4 of the 24 Week Mountaineering plan. A bit of background: I am 36, living in a geographically challenged (flat) area, I am hilariously unathletic and while I’ve always been active and ‘exercised’, it’s always been high intensity (mountain biking, hockey, when I did run, it was full blast). As a result, I have severe ADS and run at an embarrassingly slow pace with my HR skyrocketing at the slightest uphill. No problem, I’m trusting the process. Zone 2 workouts are done on a mixture of a gym stair climber for vert, a paved path for flats / runs and the one mildly hilly park near me for Z2 long hike / runs (I can get an accumulated 1000′ of vert over 2.5 hours!)
I’m currently training for a 5 day alpine climbing trip into the Bugaboos in late July. As it stands, the 24 Week ME Plan is scheduled to finish in mid-June. I was curious as to if you had any advice how to extend this for an additional month? Based on my lack of training history and ADS, I would no doubt benefit from an additional month of base training. Was just curious as to if you had any insight.
Thanks so much, loving your content.
Bryan