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From: Paul Shields
Category: Coach
Date: 5/4/98
Time: 10:54:37 PM
Remote Name: 203.8.223.2
Ed,
Thanks for the positive feedback. There is a lot more I plan to include in upcoming versions!
When building for a marathon, RunCoach is trying to juggle many differing heuristics (constraints, conditions, variables, rules) in trying to achieve an optimum program. Examples of these are as follows:
- don't increase your weekly distance by more than 10%
- alternate hard weeks with easy weeks
- alternate hard days with easy days
- focus first on building the long run then on the other types of runs
- have a phased program base, strength, speed, taper
etc etc
Sometimes these rules or heuristics come into conflict and RunCoach tries to resolve them the best (injury free) way it can. In the situation you describe I think you will find that RunCoach was keen to build up the long miles. It probably increased the long run no more than 10% but added miles to the other sessions (probably intervals). In this situation the best solution is to keep the long run miles but reduce the other sessions or even drop an 'easy' day.
I wouldn't mind having a look at your inputs and the program developed so I can smooth these conflicts out somewhat. If you could backup the data to a .rbk file and email it to me it would be appreciated.
All the best,
Paul
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