I love this training plan!! It’s great fun for me trying to bring all the pieces together and create a well rounded training routine that prepares you for the challenges ahead.

Namely the 50K and the Big Half. What installs me with a lot of confidence in terms of the Ultra is that I had a similar training routine last year.

I did The Amble and the Rye Ancient Trails and both were excellent preparation for the Bates Green Gallop. So hopefully those two races work well for you and we can fit them into your training.

I’m well aware of the need of flexibility but this training points approach really works well. The average training points for this plan is 1200 per week. The last one (when adding S&C) was 1150. So that’s a nice progression.

Given a lot of your points will be accumulated on the long runs, you’ll only need to run 3 times per week, which should give you more time to improve the injury.

S&C and swimming make up a big bulk of the weekly points which is great. I’ve included some Tuesday efforts in there where I see suitable, trying to avoid the shorter where possible.

I’ve tried to match your big half marathon sessions with Lindsey although just waiting to hear if she’s going to try the Amble or not.

I like it. A real mixture of sessions, the endurance work, the cross training and the strength workouts. Combined to ensure the training is progressive, but equally you’re not overdoing things. If this goes well I can see you running a strong half marathon as well as cruising round the 50k.

Let’s hope it all comes together nicely. You got this Alice.