So the goal race is SDW50 at on the 13th April. Other key races are Hastings Half Marathon and I’ve put in the Pier to Pier as that compliments the training nicely.

I also wonder if you might like to do any Cross Country races as they would play to your strength. The dates for those are 24th November, 15th December, 12th January, 16th February and there is one TBC in March.

I think it’s important we take what has worked well in the past as that has been 3-4 runs per week, combined with the S&C.

The back to back long runs on weekends has really helped, but I’d also like to get one 5 hour run in the training plan this time. It was tricky finding the right weekend with the races and it does come midway through the plan but that’s good as it means extra recovery time if needed.

Also I’ve put a lot more speed work and tempo based sessions in there. They can either be done with the team or alone, but I just feel this adds an extra dimension to your running and hopefully provides more variety too.

It looks good though. The volume is quite big which allows for the inevitable scenario where some sessions will be missed due to illness, niggles or shocking weather, but that shouldn’t effect the goal. It would be nice to run the 50 miler in an improved time from this year and to be that seems a good goal to have.

I’ve also tweaked your ratings which show and improvement from before. You can change them if you feel any are not a fair reflection of your current fitness levels.