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Lots of miles, but this is a marathon plan and you are pretty decent runner 😜 The beauty is this week we don’t have to put too much effort it in terms of pace, keep the easy miles easy though. Enjoy. Any issues just let me know. Only 4 weeks til race day so these weeks are key. What you do now will have a big impact on your race time in Cali

120 Points Achieved

MONDAY

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Rest Day

0 POINTS

“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”

TUESDAY

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15pts | Ben’s S&C

15 POINTS

I’ve created a good all round gym session here. There might be some exercises the physio has given you that we need to work in. Let me know the key ones from that and I can chop and change a little. It might take us a while to get it perfect but those that have made the best gains with their strength work just do the same thing week in week out with only a few tweaks here and there.

If time is limited what I do is pair exercises together and go from one to the other without the recovery. I’ve tried to pair some up for you. For example you could do 3 x 15 Bicep Curls and then use the same barbell for your deadlifts, so straight away you’re saving about 3-4 mins by not needing 60s recovery in between each of those exercises.

15 Points
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WEDNESDAY

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36pts | 60 Mins @ MP

36 POINTS

A chance to get some important marathon paced miles in. Should feel relatively comfortable, but also like you are running with good form. If conditions are tough or hills are involved, focus on RPE rather than pace.

36 Points
Felt pretty good and comfy but think I’ve strained my calf or something
Oh shit, how did that happen? Purely on this run? Keep an eye on it, but it it’s bad take some time to rest up and don’t push it. Please keep me posted how it feels over the next few days.

thursday

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24pts | 60 Mins Easy to MP

24 POINTS

Rather than just head out and do 60 mins easy, this goes through the gears a little and will hopefully help you improve running economy as the speed picks up a little. It’s still a light session but makes the easy runs more interesting. Best done on the flat to hit consistent paces.

24 Points
Sorry, did this Tuesday and s&c Wednesday. So will do marathon pace hour on Thursday
No worries Ben. Always happy if you want to change it around. Most important thing is we get to the end of the week at the right level.

FRIDAY

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15pts | Ben’s S&C

15 POINTS

I’ve created a good all round gym session here. There might be some exercises the physio has given you that we need to work in. Let me know the key ones from that and I can chop and change a little. It might take us a while to get it perfect but those that have made the best gains with their strength work just do the same thing week in week out with only a few tweaks here and there.

If time is limited what I do is pair exercises together and go from one to the other without the recovery. I’ve tried to pair some up for you. For example you could do 3 x 15 Bicep Curls and then use the same barbell for your deadlifts, so straight away you’re saving about 3-4 mins by not needing 60s recovery in between each of those exercises.

SATURDAY

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21pts | 70 Mins Run

21 POINTS

70 Mins @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3)

Keep the effort level down on these easy runs and focus on good running mechanics.

SUNDAY

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45pts | 150 Mins Run

45 POINTS

All about time on feet. Don’t focus on pace. Instead keep that effort level down and concentrate on good running economy. Fuelling and hydration key too.

45 Points
Felt a bit tired coming into this for no particular reason! Calf was more or less ok but felt it in last 30 mins. Pleased I managed to do the 150 mins as I think it’s big psychologically but must admit, not overly optimistic about knocking time off my November marathon. I know the key now tho is to just enjoy the experience and see what happens
Really good run and glad the calf held out. Take the pressure off yourself in regards to Cali and just remind yourself whatever happens your running well. I’ll be honest now and I know you wouldn’t want you to bullshit you. We’re currently at 84% of training and averaging 116pts per week. Which for someone of your ability is relatively low and obviously we’d like that % to be higher. Now I don’t want that to come across as negative as you’re in a much more difficult situation than most of my runners in that you travel a lot, also play football (if we included that the % would be higher) and you have to do a lot of solo running, which is tough. But the data doesn’t lie but we can use it to release that pressure, knowing that because of certain situations you’ve not quite hit the targets, so the improvement won’t be perhaps what we initially want. And then going forward you can react in two ways, one keep going, happy that you’re running well and posting good times, or two, commit further and say right, I’m going to hit 100% now and see what happens. To me, if you’re happy and feel like you’re running well, I’m happy with either approach. I don’t want to push any of my runners to the point they don’t enjoy their training. But I just mention it now because I have this data at hand and I really provides a lot of clues and answers as to what to expect in the goal races. Any questions just ask. But in summary. I’m still happy with what we are doing, even at 84% because, as mentioned I know the challenges you face, that others don’t and I know you are still running considerable better than when we first teamed up.

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