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Podcast: FORDY RUNS Podcast
Episode: Training Smarter, Not Harder: How Periodisation Builds Peak Running Fitness
Description: Why do so many runners train hard… yet never feel fully fit on race day?In this episode, we break down periodisation — the structured way of organising your training into phases so you don’t have to do every workout, every week, all the time.Whether you’re following a 16–20 week training plan or building fitness year-round, understanding training cycles can be the difference between steady progress and constant fatigue, injury, or burnout.We cover:What periodisation actually means (in plain English)How training phases work and why ea...