A missed run is not training debt that must always be repaid. Moving a workout can alter recovery time, stack hard sessions together and change the purpose of the week. The better decision depends on what you have already completed and what is scheduled next.
Missing Tuesday’s workout does not mean Wednesday automatically becomes Tuesday.
A training week is more than a list of sessions. Move one hard workout and you can change the recovery between sessions, the quality of the next workout and the total demand of the week.
But Thursday already contains another demanding session. By shifting Tuesday’s workout forward one day, you have changed more than the calendar. Two harder sessions now sit back-to-back, and the week is no longer asking the same thing from you.
That is why a missed run should not automatically be treated as training debt that has to be repaid.
SmartRunning works out what should happen next
This is exactly the kind of decision an adaptive plan should take care of for you.
SmartRunning considers the missed session together with the training you have already completed and what is coming next. It can then determine whether the session should move, change or simply be left behind.
The aim is not to preserve every workout in the original plan. It is to preserve the purpose and balance of the training.
Over many weeks of marathon preparation, some sessions will inevitably be missed. You should not have to rebuild the week every time that happens.
SmartRunning’s job is to work out what should happen next.
There is no trial that can tell every runner exactly what to do after every missed session. The practical principle is simpler: do not restore one workout at the cost of changing the recovery and training balance around it.
Let SmartRunning work out what should happen next after a missed session instead of automatically trying to catch up.