Las Palmas here we come. Well when I say we, I mean you and Andy of course. But it’s exciting right? It’s so nice for me to work with runners from outside of my area. Learning about new races, different routes. It’s great. Thank you for your continued support.

So this plan? Number 2. In simple terms we want to make our training progressive. I like to represent that in Training Points, rather than just miles.

So on most occasions when a runner signs up for a follow up plan, I will look to increase the Training Points by a small amount. In your case, 95 per week to 110 in plan 2. So that suggests if this plan goes well, you’ll make a pretty big jump up in terms of your fitness levels, especially endurance, after all, you are training for a marathon.

My job is to find the right training points for each and every runner I work with. This is where your feedback helps. If at any point the training feels too easy, or too hard, just say, we can adjust those targets.

But I always like to look long term, and make small steps. If this plan goes well, then you can look to increase it to possibly 120 for the next block.

The main goal here is Las Palmas. Getting you fit enough to complete that race without it being horrible. The longest run in this training plan is 4 hours. It’s 3 weeks out from race day, which is arguably a week too late, but that’s down to your race calendar and I don’t see it as being too much of an issue.

There’s 5 other runs of 3 hours or more, so it’s that combined fitness we build from all of those long runs that makes a difference.

I’ve changed up Tuesdays, so your sessions will be different from Andy for a while. These new shorter sessions I’ve created are great and I think you’ll benefit from them a lot. More so than Andy, but we can always change it up, if you don’t find them useful.

Andy’s training points? I thought you might ask. 119, so not much difference, and that’s only because at this moment in time he’s a little quicker than you, but hopefully that gap will close.

Consistency, keep showing up, fuel right on the long runs and just try to enjoy it. Marathon training at times is difficult. But embrace that. Shed a tear from time to time. It’s good to care and have something like this to strive for. I’m excited to join you on this journey. Let’s go smash it!!!