As we reach the end of our preparation period our junior, elite, and master plans will begin to go different directions. As a reminder our junior plan is built around local races and Junior Nationals, the elite plan is built around super tour and US Nationals, and the master plan is built around popular marathons, the Birkie, and World Masters. Because of these variations the weekly focus of each week might be different throughout the winter. (see updated training outlines). This week the elite plan will incorporate more volume training before tapering off for the first competitions of the year. The junior and master plans build in a little bit of recovery before a bigger two-week volume bump during Thanksgiving.