It’s a big plan, but I like planning ahead longer term. It’s much better way of ensuring the training is progressive. We’ve got a week off in there too after the GUC.

I’m really pleased with my plans now. I feel they continue to improve. My approach using training points is very clever (sorry not being modest here, but I want you to have confidence in this approach too). The data just doesn’t lie, so we can create a precise plan which is progressive.

The last plan you did had an average weekly pts total of 164. We ended up hitting 154, but still made really good gains and got that excellent result in the SDW50. But obviously for a 100 we need to be working that little bit harder, so the target jumps to 173.

My top trainer at the moment, a guy from Dover training for a sub 3 is averaging 170, so it’s possible and achieved mainly with the 5 weekly runs. I always try and put in 2 sessions per week to offer that variety and keep things interesting. We need to keep doing the speed work to stop those fast twitch fibres retiring. They’ll be needed for sure in the races come the Autumn.

Plenty of hill work, and a few half marathon and marathon sessions just to keep you honest. I’ve also added some stretching because your flexibility was the attribute you scored the lowest. So we could do with improving that.

Monday will generally be an easy, short recovery run, Tuesday the speed work. Wednesday gym and stairs, Thursday rest day, Friday easy and then the weekends saved for the long runs.

Consistency is the key, whilst inevitably sessions will be missed, if we end up averaging 160+ then you should be fitter come the Autumn than you are now, which given how well you are running is pretty exciting right.

As we go we can make tweaks and there is potentially scope for an extra week off if you did want to. The other event I would recommend and I’ve loved in recent years is the Amble. Albeit you’ve now run that route many times, but it’s a fun day out with the club.

Any questions just ask. But let’s do this.