Mark Wright
@mesozoicmark.bsky.social
PhD from Harvard MCZ. I study how limbs evolved from sprawling 🦎 to upright 🐆. Passionate about teaching anatomy. I like to run 🏃🏻. he/him
awrightmark.github.io
awrightmark.github.io
1. Knowledge of what’s local (and how to care for it)
2. Not having any areas that I control
The motivation to figure out the first would be there if the second wasn’t the main barrier
2. Not having any areas that I control
The motivation to figure out the first would be there if the second wasn’t the main barrier
June 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
1. Knowledge of what’s local (and how to care for it)
2. Not having any areas that I control
The motivation to figure out the first would be there if the second wasn’t the main barrier
2. Not having any areas that I control
The motivation to figure out the first would be there if the second wasn’t the main barrier
His training schedule in this interview:
-Wake up at 8:30am
-Start training day at 9:30am
-Workout, lift, recovery
-Sleep all afternoon
-Wake up at 10pm
-Work UPS until 4am
-Sleep 3 hours, wake up, repeat
It's still early in the season, but he's run the fastest time in the world so far this year
-Wake up at 8:30am
-Start training day at 9:30am
-Workout, lift, recovery
-Sleep all afternoon
-Wake up at 10pm
-Work UPS until 4am
-Sleep 3 hours, wake up, repeat
It's still early in the season, but he's run the fastest time in the world so far this year
May 9, 2025 at 6:04 AM
His training schedule in this interview:
-Wake up at 8:30am
-Start training day at 9:30am
-Workout, lift, recovery
-Sleep all afternoon
-Wake up at 10pm
-Work UPS until 4am
-Sleep 3 hours, wake up, repeat
It's still early in the season, but he's run the fastest time in the world so far this year
-Wake up at 8:30am
-Start training day at 9:30am
-Workout, lift, recovery
-Sleep all afternoon
-Wake up at 10pm
-Work UPS until 4am
-Sleep 3 hours, wake up, repeat
It's still early in the season, but he's run the fastest time in the world so far this year
Not-periodizing means leaving a little bit of fitness on the table, for example, if you have a goal marathon you are working towards, but it’s pennies compared to other stuff (like total volume)
April 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Not-periodizing means leaving a little bit of fitness on the table, for example, if you have a goal marathon you are working towards, but it’s pennies compared to other stuff (like total volume)
Others have touched on this, but it depends on goals. Periodization is mostly for elites (at least college level) to optimize peaking for a particular race. For most folks (especially those running for health/fitness), better to do what keeps you motivated with down weeks as the body needs it.
April 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Others have touched on this, but it depends on goals. Periodization is mostly for elites (at least college level) to optimize peaking for a particular race. For most folks (especially those running for health/fitness), better to do what keeps you motivated with down weeks as the body needs it.