Well done Maria. All I would say is progress is never linear. Sometimes we will take one step back before another two steps forward. Obviously the weeks around Christmas were tough for you and that probably had a little effect. But if you stick with it, and hit the targets you are almost certain to improve. What I’ve found myself and with runners is sometimes you have a period of 8-10 weeks where nothing seems to happen in terms of times or fitness, then suddenly out of nowhere you’ll smash out another quick time, a PB, almost when the pressure is off. Last year I did a 16 week training plan for a 5K PB. Didn’t get it. Then started my new plan working towards a marathon, low and behold 5 weeks into that plan I ran by 5k PB, and then a few weeks later, beat it again. So all that time my fitness was improving, I just needed to be patient and not put any expectations or pressure on myself. And I think that’s a good indication how fitness gains work. So stick with it. Obviously the quicker we do get the harder it is to make gains but I think there’s some potential there to push a bit harder in training if you wanted to.