Macrocycle
When the annual training plan contains one competitive season
it has traditionally been referred to as a macrocycle (00,
00). Due to the complexity of modern athletes’ competitive
schedules and the fact that many individual-sport athletes
compete in multiple seasons (00, 00) suggests that
macrocycles should represent seasons. For example, a
collegiate distance runner might run cross country in the
fall, indoor track in the winter, and outdoor track in the
spring for a total of three competitive seasons. As such,
this athlete’s annual training plan would contain three
seasons, which would divide the annual plan into three
macrocycles