Distinguish between overtraining and overreaching.

Describe fartlek training.

Analyse a mesocycle unit of training.

overtraining is when an athlete tries to do more than he or she can physically or mentally tolerate and has negative symptoms whereas overreaching is placing stress on the body that is beyond the athlete’s current limit of tolerance <short term> / transient overtraining;

continuous form of training / run;

combination of interval and continuous training, not regimented <intensity, duration, rest>, regulated on how you feel;

varying pace / terrain;

slower pace used to recover in time for next burst of speed / hill / higher intensity work;

lasts for a period covering weeks or months;

requires overload/increase in intensity;

comprises microcycles / constitutes macrocycles;

may be transition, preparation, competition;

No issues.

More difficulty than expected on the structure and purpose of fartlek training.

Candidates appear to understand periodization and the associated cycles well.