Thursday 2 July · quiet diary, clean inbox, low-impact aerobic day that sets up tomorrow's 400s. One recruiter is waiting on you — the only thing that needs a reply today.
Everything else was newsletters, job alerts and marketing — filtered.
Week 3 of 8 · Build phase · race Sun 9 Aug. Load rule: only 2 impact days/week — today is non-impact, keep the legs fresh.
TODAY (Thu): Z2 aerobic base, low-impact — 45–55min steady, HR 130–145, conversational, different machine to Monday, + mobility + sauna.
TOMORROW (Fri): quality run — 6×400m @ ~3:50/km, 90s jog recovery. Assault-bike intervals if the back's twingy.
Parked: psychologist session (reminder 13 Aug). Health niggles — back, neck calcium, foot cramps — book a GP triage; start meditation.
Thursday · Week 3 “Build” · Z2 aerobic base (low-impact)
Warm-up (~8min): easy build on rower / bike / elliptical / ski-erg / stair-master (a different machine to Monday), ramp HR to ~120. Then 5min dynamic mobility — hip openers, T-spine rotations, ankle/calf, cat-cow for the lower back.
Cool-down (~6min): easy spin-down, then mobility + sauna.
AM = Z2/mobility only for the back. Keep everything unloaded. If HRV/readiness is low, shorten to 40min.
Quality run — 6×400m @ ~3:50/km, 90s jog recovery (your one midweek impact session; assault-bike intervals if the back's talking).
Weights logging coming soon.