2025-W39 — After Colmar

Less Mileage, More Strength, and a New Rhythm

What happened this week

After the Colmar Half Marathon, I deliberately reduced my running mileage. Not because I was “done,” but because I wanted to absorb the work and make space for the next phase.

At the same time, I stayed consistent with fasting—but I changed the timing of my meals to avoid settling into one predictable pattern. The goal was to keep things flexible and sustainable, not robotic.

I also shifted my training emphasis: more bodyweight workouts and resistance training to support muscle retention and keep improving body composition.

The travel + wellness thread

This is the part of training people often skip in their stories: the week after the big effort, when nothing looks dramatic, but everything matters.

It’s easy to keep running when momentum is high. It’s harder—and more valuable—to step back, look at what’s working, and adjust before your body forces the adjustment for you.

For me, this week was about building a system I can carry through real life: business travel, changing schedules, and weeks where training time has to be efficient.

What I learned

The biggest lesson was that progress isn’t only about adding more. Sometimes progress is about rebalancing.

• Less mileage gave my body room to recover and adapt.
• More resistance work supported the long-term goal: leaner, stronger, more durable.
• Shifting meal timing kept fasting from becoming a rigid script.

It’s a quieter kind of discipline—less “push,” more “build.”

Next week’s tiny focus

Do one short resistance session you can repeat anywhere (hotel room or home): push, pull, legs, core—nothing fancy, just consistent.