I’ve created a new training plan. I appreciate we’ve not yet done the half marathon, but if we waited until after Palma, then we wouldn’t have enough time to prepare for Run to the Sea.

So we almost need to start building towards that already.

What changes? Well the training load is increasing, but that’s to be expected now an ultra is the main goal. For the most part it will still be your Tuesday/Thursday/Sunday routine.

As we get closer to the Ultra I have included some Saturdays, the race itself is on a Saturday so I think that’s a smart move.

The longest run in the plan is 4 hours. I think if we go over that, the risk of injury is too high. Plus there are a couple of weekends where you do back to back 2 hour long runs, these have worked really well for the other ultra runners on the team.

We will build to the long run gradually and the first 6 weeks of the plan are also centred around Palma Half Marathon, so we have 4 sessions in there to practice that pace.

Once the half marathon is out of the way, the focus will be about time on feet, but we’ll always do a speed session once a week. But the increase in mileage is the most important thing and will get you best prepared for the race.

Getting out the trails at the weekend will be a good idea but I wouldn’t advise this every week as you don’t want your pace to drop off too much.

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