Congratulations on completing the SDW50. It was great to watch some of the runners come through and definitely inspiration to give it a go one day. Jax might take a little bit more convincing first.

So we have 12 weeks to the Race to the Stones. I believe if you’re capable of doing 50 miles on those hills, you’re in a good place to do 100k on a much kinder route.

So these next few months is just about being smart, maintaining the fitness you have built up and staying consistent with the training.

That said you’ll be running a lot still. I’ve got one 5 hour training run in there and you’ll be doing back to back runs quite a bit to reach that total of 5 hours across a weekend.

It’s that cumulative build up of miles and fitness that makes all the difference so there’s no need to panic if we don’t smash out a super long run in the training, especially given you just did one last week in the SDW50.

I’ve reduced the strength and conditioning to one session per week which I feel is enough to maintain your strength during this block. That’s something you can always come back to at a later date to improve your strength, but for now, given all the miles you are doing, I think once a week is enough.

I’ve kept the Tuesday sessions in there as well. I think it’s good to do that speed work to ensure you don’t become a one dimensional runner and it’s good to train with the team once a week too.

As always the plan is super flexible. I’ve included the Alan Corke race which is the one in the Country Park and is free as it’s Hastings Runners. The other one you might want to consider is the Weald Trail Half Marathon. That’s the 8th of June, I’ve not signed up for it yet myself but was told it’s a cracking event so will probably run it. A few others like Sam D and Neil have entered.

Any issues let me know, but really it’s a case of more of the same

Just to add 3.25 runs per week sounds low for an ultra runner but it’s an increase on the last plan which was 3.17 and important to remember the ankle was still a concern. So anymore and the risk is just too much, hence why we go for quality over quantity and consistency, week in, week out.