The main difference this time round is we utilise that Thursday evening slightly differently with some 10k focused sessions. What this will mean is that you will need to take some parkrun easy! I can’t underestimate the importance of this and will continue to beat that drum when the time comes. If you run too hard too often you will get injured which would obviously be a disaster.

Hopefully you’ll be able to join the Sunday long run more frequently too. I’ve added in some of the key Hastings Runners race. Romney Marsh would be an idea goal race as it’s super flat and I would predict come that time around 47 minutes would be a great time for you.

In terms of strength and conditioning. If that hasn’t been happening, then it’s ok. We can still make gains without doing that. It’s something you might want to bring in later on if niggles appear. I don’t want to force anyone to do things they really don’t enjoy.