Day total
14,700ft
Vertical · 7 runs · last one still skied well
Anyone who has looked up at the lift at 2:30 with shaking quads knows the shape of this problem. Nobody on the chair calls it the last run. This is for the 4:00 run that is actually skied well.
Run after run
Blood lactate, run by run.
WithoutWith Katsuo
Run
Blood lactate (mmol/L)
Δ
Run 1
Without
3.60
With
2.80
−22%
Run 2
Without
3.80
With
2.80
−26%
Run 3
Without
3.90
With
2.90
−26%
Run 4
Without
4.00
With
2.90
−28%
Run 5
Without
4.20
With
3.00
−29%
Run 6
Without
4.80
With
3.30
−31%
Run 7
Without
5.80
With
3.80
bottom third still clean
−34%
Same skier · same hill · 6-week protocol. Lactate sampled at run-out.
4:00
"2nd-to-last" run
Ski like the first run of the day. Clean carves without the burning legs.
Up
Tour like a pro
Climbing like a breeze. The cleanest aerobic engine on the skin track — same uphill, lower heart rate.
Tomorrow
Back tomorrow
Powder days do not wait. Stack them — and ski day two as cleanly as day one.
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