Welcome back!! As an accountant I hope you like my precise approach to creating the plans now. Each week you have a Target training points score to hit. Each session has a pts rating based on difficulty. The harder the session, the more points.

The idea being your training is consistent and progressive from an effort point of view rather than just mileage. 20 miles easy is not the same as 20 miles done at a higher RPE. Hence why this approach works really well in my book.

What it also means is if you miss a session at any point we can easily tweak the plan to adjust it and ensure you hit the target for the week. The past 8 weeks you’ve been averaging around 70pts but without any S&C. So I think 95 as a starting point isn’t too much of an ask.

Then as the plan progresses that slowly increases, peaking at 120. With the idea being if this plan goes well, we then look to increase the target for the next one. For a comparison my current marathon plan averages 4 runs per week and 150pts. But then I am on training plan number 19.

Anyhow, enough talk of numbers. You must get that enough at work. Let’s keep it simple. Where possible Tuesday efforts, Thursday bimble, parkrun and Sunday long run works pretty well. With an average of 3.45 runs per week across the plan, most weeks you’ll sit out one of those runs but I’ve tried to put as much variety in there as possible.

The S&C you can do when suits you best. You could do them all on the same day if you wanted and having 1 or 2 days off each week is important for recovery.

If you need to tweak the current ratings please do. I’ve based them off what you gave me in the last training plan and factored in the injury.

Running is so simple though, you get out what you put in. Those following the plan are having success, those that don’t, or fail to hit the targets during sessions, tend to plateau. That said, as long as you are enjoying it, that’s the most important thing, not everyone is chasing PBs.

Any questions just ask. But let’s get you back running well again.