Firstly, congratulations on a very successful training plan. You smashed it and achieved what we set out to do. Plus you ran the Rye Ancient Trails as well.

I’ve set Brighton Half as your goal race but would like to help you improve your 5k time first, doing so over the next 6-8 weeks before we bring back the half marathon specific sessions.

I’d also love to get you along to my evening sessions each week. I coach Hastings Runners on a Monday evening (2 free sessions) and then obviously the Tuesday gang. I think being a bit out of your comfort zone will hopefully help improve your confidence, plus I really think it will help your running. It also helps me as it gives me that opportunity to coach hands on, offer encouragement and keep an eye on your form.

Thursdays and Sundays will remain the same where you can run with your H&S friends.

Plus I’ve put in quite a lot of parkruns. Again this is to build that confidence and just show you how good you are, compared to the average runner. Hopefully this is achievable in your schedule, as always we can change it from one week to the next.

Again Monday’s have a really friendly atmosphere but the whole group work hard and push themselves. Plus you’d notice you are as good and better than a lot of the track regulars.

I’ve updated your ratings as well to where I think you are now with those attributes. You can edit them if you disagree. But I certainly feel you’ve made good progress in recent months.