Dylan Johnson's "The Problem with TrainerRoad Training Plans": it's gonna be a busy day around here

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If anyone is interested in diving more into the pyramidal distribution that DJ talks about without all the nonsense that comes with this thread, I invite you to this discussion:

10-14 Hour Weeks: Is Pyramidal Training Distribution the Best Option for Base?

Taking a look at SSBHV1, the average week is 9 hours with 5/6 workouts being sweet spot intervals. on week 2 of the plan that’s about 300 minutes of sweet spot work with less than an hour in Z2 coming from Pettit. Now compared to a late-stage traditional base week, for example, week 2 of TBHV3 @ 13:45 has a little more than half the sweet spot/threshold work at about 170 minutes but 8:45 of Z2. Using the distribution classifications from intervals.icu it could be said that the SSBHV distributi…