Palisade - another one that scared me, but ended up ok. For those who have run using Jack Daniels’ method, this feels a lot like his “tempo” runs, with 4x5min and 2x10min at a pace at which you should be able to barely do 25-30 mins. in the case of Palisade, it’s 5x9min around FTP… uncomfortable, 50% mental, 50% physical. Watching a Youtube playlist of Sagan sprint wins and Hirscher slalom wins helped the first 50%.