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Why Stopping Was My Best Decision: 1,000km Across France with Jens Wachter
Endurance athlete and Athletica user Jens joins Paul Warloski and Dr. Paul Laursen to share the story behind Project Trans France, his ambitious attempt to run roughly 1,000 kilometers across France in just 17 days while pulling a self-supported trailer. Jens explains how years of ultrarunning and orienteering shaped his approach, how he incorporated high-volume training into an ordinary workweek, and how Athletica helped him adapt his workload based on heart rate, HRV, sleep, and recovery. Once the project began, an intense European heat wave and a worsening groin injury forced constant…
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