I’m going to disagree strongly with the “make or break” comment. I think that approach will lead to one outcome, and it’s not the one we want. Most of your aerobic base building has been done. We are not going to make many more improvements in that area between now and the taper. All we want to do in the next few weeks is get some quality tempo work in, practicing race pace and getting comfortable what that feels like. The biggest mistake you can make right now is just doing too many miles, that will just leave you tired and achy. Paul who is probably the closest runner to you that I work with in terms of ability, just ran a 1:18:50 at Paddock Wood. When he first came to me he was trying to break 90 mins for a half. Over the last 12 weeks, you’ve been averaging 175 pts per week. Paul 125. Huge difference. Arguably Paul probably should have been closer to 135 (he got ill one week) and ideally you’d be down around 165, but it shows what is possible off less training. He only runs 3-4 times per week but when he hits a session he hits it hard, real quality on pretty fresh legs. I’m not saying I’ve pushed you too hard, I like what we’ve done, and you’ve hit the sessions hard too, but it’s to make the point just don’t think you always need to do more to get the result you want, you don’t, and Paul is just one example of that from my runners. In summary, listen to the body, rest when need be, prioritise the key sessions and I think, as long as you are fit, Manchester will be a huge success.