The Atacama crossing is a challenge for the endurance capability of your body ( and mind of course). So endurance training is the main thing to do. You have to vary here because otherwise  training soon gets very very boring .

Two third of your training should be a  long endurance training : gradually you have to raise the distance . Beware, never more than 10 % a week. The intensity of your training lies just below lactate 2.( see your test)

A second kind of training is the intensive endurance training : after a good warming up you try to cover a maximize of k’s at a constant pace for about 45 minutes. You stay below lactate 4 ( your anaerobic threshold ). You do this only once a week because your recovery takes longer.

The third and fourth kind of training you can interchange.

There is also the long interval training: you train just below your lactate 4. For example you do 10 times one K with a 1 minute recovery, or 2 times a 5000 meter with a 5 minute recovery. Or you do a short interval training ( beware, you are still doing an endurance training!) : you stay just under lactate 4 . An example of this kind of training can be a training on a soccer field. The diagonal is fast and the length of the field you jog. You do it do 40 times.

Go Bert!

Rudi

PS: one more thing Bert, there is a saying of Martin Luther King I adore:

Take the first step with confidence,  you don't need to see the whole staircase ahead, you only need to take the first step.

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