16 weeks until London Marathon. Whilst the training to date has had it’s ups and downs, the positive is you’re up to over 2 hours and that gives me the confidence you can do this.

The most important run each week is the long run. If London is going to go well there’s no getting away from these long runs.

It’s just a case of doing the time, practicing your fuelling and just ticking off the miles. There’s no getting away from how tough they can be but it can be nice to chill out on the sofa scoffing food post long run knowing what you’ve achieved.

Then each week there will be an effort session. I’ve set these to time. I still think researching for a local running would make a huge difference. Most clubs put on interval sessions and that would have you covered for the week.

You’ve done great with the kick boxing, joining a running club is very similar. I highly recommend it. If you do choose this route, then simply do the session the club set. But we can discuss that at the time.

Then a 3rd run each week will simply be an easy run. So the demands are not that high in terms of volume but it does make each session very important. Miss one and it’s hard to catch up now. That’s not to say you can’t still do the marathon if you miss sessions, just that it will be a tougher experience.