The Intro to Mountain Fitness Training Plan is a 12-week plan created for athletes who are just starting their mountain or general fitness journey. Depending on your current fitness and timeline, it can be extended and adjusted to 18+ weeks.

This plan was designed for an athlete who has never done this training style before and has no training hours in their week currently. This plan is made for anyone who wants to get ready for a backpacking trip, ski trip, 5km run, or generally wants to start training and feeling stronger. This plan is also for anyone with a larger mountaineering or running goal such as Baker, Rainer, Denali, or a half/full marathon but our other plans are too much to start with. This 12-week plan is the perfect place to start and will lead nicely into our other mountaineering/starter running plans. There are options for modifications throughout-you don’t have to run once or you can start on a run/walk progression if that is your goal.

The weekly volume starts at 3:10 hrs/week, with the largest volume week being 7:20 hrs/week. For reference our 24-week mountaineering plan starts around 7 hrs/week hours per week and our half marathon plans starts at 14 miles of running per week. Throughout the 12 weeks of training, you will be introduced to Evoke Endurance’s training practices building your aerobic base, and strength training.

You can always arrange a phone consultation with one of our Evoke coaches to help you customize any of our plans to suit your particular situation.

To learn more about Evoke Endurance and our training philosophy check out our resources library. https://evokeendurance.com/resources/