The Adaptive Training plans can be used to prepare for a race. The adaptive training logic and phase transitions will optimise the time you have to prepare for your premier race.
The Adaptive Training plans can be used for any race from 5k up to the Marathon. It’s recommended that if you are planning to race a Marathon, you should train for at least 16 weeks. For shorter races, it is recommended that you train for at least 13 weeks.
Depending on your situation and life circumstances, it may not be realistic for you to commit to 13-16 weeks of training. With Adaptive Training, you can make shorter commitments.
Adaptive Training will let you train for as little as 4 weeks before your race. It is not recommended that you only give yourself 4 weeks to prepare for a race like the Marathon, but you should be able to make these calls depending on your situation.
The system supports up to 24 weeks. If you want to train farther than 24 weeks out, you still can, but the training will not be race-specific; it will be classified as a fitness and maintenance cycle. Once you are 24 weeks out from your race, the Adaptive Training system will automatically switch to race-specific training.
For more information about Event A and B races, see the support article: Event Creator: A, B, C Priority
Add ‘Event A’ Race to your Adaptive Training Plan
Already in an Adaptive Training plan? Continue to “Add ‘Event A’ Race to an Existing Adaptive Training Plan”.
Start an Adaptive Training Plan and Add your ‘Event A’ Race
Open the Stryd app
Select “Set Goal” in the Train Smarter tab
Select Adaptive Training -> Continue
Answer the questions about your current training
Select a Start Training date
“Are you training for a specific A event?” Select “Add new event” to add Event A
Select the Race Event you are training for
Select your Race Date
Customize your training parameters
Select Start Plan
You will then need to update your Current Phase Weekly Structure.
Add ‘Event A’ Race to an Existing Adaptive Training Plan
Open the Stryd mobile app
Select your Adaptive Training card
Select Training Goal
Choose Create Event and add the Event name and date
Select Save
You will then need to update your Current Phase Weekly Structure.
Note that your Current Phase will likely change once you add ‘Event A’ Race to your Adaptive Training Plan. This change is necessary in order to prepare you for your upcoming race.
How does the race logic work?
Event 'A' is your primary event. This is the event you associate with a training cycle and usually comes at the end, after a good taper period to achieve your best results.
Event 'B' is a secondary events that help to gauge the effects of your training and your race readiness as your Event 'A' approaches.
Event 'C' is a fun run or rust buster. These events take less priority and are typically not done at maximum effort, and might be thrown in throughout your training cycle in place of a workout.
Event A Races in Adaptive Training
Adaptive Training will build a training plan around your Event A race. There can only be one Event A race associated with your Adaptive Training plan at one time.
The Adaptive Training Plan will use a scaled-up or scaled-down version of a build and taper. Longer plans will have testing weeks and recovery weeks, but more condensed plans will be very simple: build and taper.
Between every phase, you have the opportunity to adjust your weekly structure depending on your training needs.
Event B Races in Adaptive Training
‘Event B’ races will not be treated the same as Event A races by the Adaptive Training plan.
There will be no direct build or taper phase for Event B races. Leading up to an Event B race, the Adaptive Training Plan will schedule only easy running 2 days out from the race. After Event B, you will get one additional easy day before the Adaptive Training picks up right where you left off in your Event A training cycle.
If you have a non-running day that falls on one of these easy days, nothing will change, and you will keep the rest day. But any other run type will be changed to an easy run.