🏆 Silver Ticket Qualifier · July 18, 2026

Ode to Laz
Michigan 2026

Brian Wooden's race hub — competitor handicapping, field analysis, and a side-by-side 9-block training plan now split into an active day-by-day view and a training background & history archive.

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Field Analysis
2026 Race
Handicap Report
Full 102-entrant field scored with OYP v0.10 (Outlast Yield Projection) — a Backyard-specific 5-axis algorithm. v0.10 is a field refresh plus a full top-of-field re-audit: documented-max BYU ceilings corrected for Yoder (75y), Vo (43y), Long (44y) and Wooden (38y). Brian Wooden rises to #6 of 102. Podium projection holds at Kwiatkowski / Yoder / Petterson. Contender deep dives, LPS win probabilities, course intelligence, four race scenarios.
102
Runners Ranked
25%
Kwiatkowski Win Prob
4
Scenarios
View Handicap Report →
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Active Plan
9-Block
Dekacycle Plan
Day-by-day side-by-side. Plan column on the left, actual Strava column on the right. Currently Block 4 D1 (May 26) — Sat May 30 is the BYU Sim 1 make-up after a missed sim in Block 3. Includes pace reference, inter-lap protocol, and the three mental anchors.
53
Days to Race
B4
Current Block
16
Big Sim Loops
View Active Plan →
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Background & History
Training Build
Log & Archive
Every analytical decision and methodology shift that shaped the plan, now in the same side-by-side layout as the active plan: original Strava reality assessment, why a 10-day dekacycle, full coach feedback chronology Apr 17 → May 26, and the historical record of Blocks 0–3 in plan-vs-actual detail including the missed Sim 1.
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Coach Updates
39
Days Logged
v1.1
Plan Version
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Race
Ode to Laz BYU
Date
Saturday, July 18, 2026
Location
Holly State Rec Area, MI
Athlete
Brian Wooden · M40–49
Stakes
Silver Ticket 🥈