Training Design & Athlete Achievement

Weeks 13–14: Turn evidence into a plan—and keep learning from the response

The final phase integrates the entire course. Coaches use longitudinal trends, current performance, athlete goals, uncertainty, and life context to create target-performance guidance and a sensible next block of training. The plan is a hypothesis to test, not proof of what an athlete will achieve.

Phase outcomes

• Apply consistency, progressive overload, specificity, individualization, recovery, and variation.

• Read rslts development trends as athlete-specific field estimates.

• Use APOPT predictions as starting points rather than guarantees.

• Translate runner data into a target time and race plan.

• Create equivalent benchmark and competition plans for other sports.

• Deliver useful feedback to every athlete in the assigned group.

• Define the observations that will confirm, challenge, or revise the plan.

Phase milestone

Week 14 is a live coaching clinic rather than a graded capstone. Each coach summarizes cohort patterns, prepares one actionable message for all 10–15 athletes, and develops detailed two-week and competition plans for two representative athletes.

Modules

• Week 13 — Training Design I: From Trends to Target Performance

• Week 14 — Training Design II: The IRSRI Model in Practice

Standard for responsible prediction

Name the evidence, the comparison period, the confidence or uncertainty, and the assumptions. Separate a current estimate from a guaranteed outcome. Explain what training response or competition result would cause the coach to update the plan.