You pick a PR. You find a plan that promises it. The race comes, and it does not happen. Again!
The reason is almost never effort. It is that the pieces were never put together in the right order: the right paces, in the right workouts, at the right point in the build. Miss that, and the fitness never shows up on race day no matter how hard you trained.
The PR Pyramid takes that away. It gives you 45 goal times across the 5K, 10K, half, and marathon, the four training paces that have to sit under each one, and the strength, fueling, and recovery that hold them up. Do the right work, in the right workouts, at the right time, and the PR stops being a hope and starts being a plan.
This is the information that an AI running coach-app cannot teach you.
By Craig Patane, D.C., FRCms. Sports chiropractor, running coach, ultra and road runner.