Plan number 5!! Thank you so much for your continued support but also a huge well done to your consistency and improvement. I still feel we have more to come which I think highlights how well we’ve done with the training up until now, in terms of planning, but more importantly, execution.

This training plan is an exciting one and we push the load up slightly from 938 to 950. I don’t feel at this stage we need to push any harder.

The number of runs per week has actually dropped slightly from 3.45 to 3.25 but that’s simply a result of doing more races and having more quality sessions in this plan, especially 10k sessions which do have quite a high training load.

Each week there will never be more than 2 quicker sessions in the plan. That will be complimented with the easy paced miles, whether it be long run or simply shorter runs.

I’ve tried to include 2 strength sessions most weeks and keep track in there as often as possible. The only time Monday track isn’t on the schedule is the day after a race.

The Barcelona trip shouldn’t have much impact on the schedule as the week you go is a recovery week, so we can possibly cram in the sessions beforehand.

I like this plan, it has a lot of variety, some really exciting races, but equally it doesn’t feel too overwhelming in terms of the number of runs you will be doing. It should see a marked improvement, especially for your 10k time, whilst also maintaining that endurance you have built up over the winter.

Any questions just ask.