Coaching certainly has it’s high and it’s lows. I know the heat was the main factor in Brighton but I still felt like I had let you down. So to come up with Plan B, for you to smash your goal and to see that emotional on the finish line was a brilliant moment for me as a coach. So thank you.

I’m delighted you are keen to stay on board and seek further improvement.

So what changes? A few things. Firstly we push a little harder. What does that mean? Well the training load increases from an average of 1136 per week in the last plan to 1200 in this plan.

We also nudge up the number of runs per week from 4.72 (post run streak) to 4.81. That’s how we get fitter, progressive overload, doing more than we were previously.

In fact given the long runs and big marathon sessions are now on pause for the summer, the quality is now much greater than before. The main difference being a 2nd speed session most week.

This will vary, from short reps, to parkrun, to 10k sessions and then eventually as we closer to HHM, more half marathon work. But there is some really good variety in there.

BRT, park run and the Sunday long are in the plan every single week to keep that consistency and the good routine you have built up.

My only concern with BRT is we don’t know the session beforehand, so that would help if you keep sharing that with me, because if it proves to be a lighter session some weeks, we might need to adjust the upcoming training slightly to hit the weekly targets.

I’ve also left out S&C for now. Perhaps this is something you would to slowly reintroduce, although to be honest you’re at an age where I don’t think it’s essential and you’re clearly a strong guy.

We could do with some more races as well, but they can always be worked into the plan when and as you decide you fancy doing one.

I definitely feel this plan has the potential to take your running to the next level, which is very exciting.