So plans are now created to Training Load. What’s this you say? Training Load is RPE x Time or Distance. Before I used to simply create plans using “Total Mileage”. But this new approach provides a much more consistent effort from one week to the next and ensures the training continues to be progressive.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT TRAINING LOAD. It’s worth having a little understanding as if I set an easy parkrun (90 Load) and you go and run a fast parkrun with WU & CD (260 Load) then we need to think about adjusting the Sunday run so you don’t over train. If the load is too high in any given week the risk of injury inevitably increases.

It’s also good if you miss a session, we can replace it with an alternative or use the spin bike to cover that load.

Anyhow, this plan sees your training load rise from 920 – 980. So a slight increase, but not necessarily more miles. We are just training smarter now. The same routine is in place, Tuesday efforts, Thursday bimble, Saturday parkrun and Sunday long run (or HM session).

I’ll try and team you up with another runner, whenever I set a quicker Sunday session, so that should help with motivation. We will keep the two S&C sessions in there two.

I think you’ve done amazing and the recent block was a real success with some excellent results, notably the sub 60 mins 10k. I think your modesty and quiet approach means you go a little unnoticed within the team but that improvement was certainly evident to me. So really well done.

More of the same here and hopefully your injuries don’t impact your enjoyment too much.