So the plan itself runs through to the end of the year but the main focus short term is Great South. The target being 90 minutes. Ambitious, but equally exciting and achievable.

The goal is there to keep you motivated in training. If training goes well and your fitness improves, but you don’t quite hit the goal, that’s still a success. Always important to remember this as it takes away some pressure on race day.

The real achievement is completing the training over a sustained period of time when challenges are coming in all directions.

So the next 6 weeks we’ve got the normal Monday circuits, Wednesday easy miles followed by the two key sessions between Friday – Sunday. If you can have a days rest in between then that will help reduce the injury risk. But given you’re young and strong you should be ok with the Friday/Saturday schedule if need be.

Once the Great South has been smashed I’ve left the plan a little open ended, so you can pick a new goal. I did originally have loads of good half marathon sessions scheduled but then that would have had you peaking for the half come Christmas. Given there are no half marathons at that time of year that would be a pretty pointless approach.

So it might be we ease back a little and then pick up the intensity post Christmas to aim for that sub 2 half. Still my best running memory was breaking that barrier.

I’ve updated the ratings, but if you feel they are not quite correct then you can edit them yourself. I think you’ll see there has been a decent improvement since the start of the first plan and hopefully that will be the case again come December.

As always, any questions just ask. It’s £25 per month now, but no extra cost for these new plans all the time you are on the team. Let’s do this 💪🍊