Day total
14,700ft
Vertical · 7 runs · last one still skied well
Anyone who has looked up at the lift at 2pm with shaking quads knows the shape of this problem. Nobody on the chair calls it the last run. This is for the 4pm 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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