Training plan number 9. Nine. That’s impressive. One short of double figures. Who’d have thought this when we met in the Bo Peep that morning post parkrun. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you again for your support but also your commitment to the training. Not everyone I work with does what I tell them, so thank you.

The Great South Run. Such a good race to conclude a plan with and an excellent opportunity to clock a PB. I think we don’t need to do anything special in this plan to achieve that goal, but just remain consistent, keep showing up and ticking off the runs.

I still think there is progress to be made and hopefully whilst aiming for the 10 miler you will still achieve some other personal bests along the way, but we don’t need to be putting any pressure on those targets.

This plan sees your weekly training points rise from 107 to 110. So progression, without overdoing things. After all, your record of avoiding injury has been excellent and we don’t want to jeopardise that.

The plan follows a similar pattern. If it ain’t broke….and all that. 2 gym sessions a week. Could we add to these? Possibly. But again we need to do that gradually.

Intervals once a week. Entirely up to you whether it’s track Monday, Tuesday AM or the evening with the team, each week can be different.

Apart from HHM week there is a Wednesday run every single week. There are a few more Friday morning strides sessions but once the bigger Sunday sessions come into play they will be parked.

Overall I really like this plan. It takes what has been working well to this point and adds to it with a little extra.

Oh and I’ve left the Princes trip as your week off. So that is currently missing from the plan spreadsheet.