Training Plan For Loch Ness

Last time I started marathon training, I started a blog and posted my training plan on it.

This wasn't (just) self-aggrandisement or self-publicity.  It was an attempt to have some form of public conscience.  If I didn't stick to the training, I would need to come to the blog and explain why - so I'd better have a pretty good excuse!

That part seemed to work, so I'm going to do the same again.

This is my training plan, which I hope will lead me to a four hour marathon at the end of September.

In the interest of brevity I have not listed all the warm-up and cool-down phases of my planned runs, rather I have listed the main "target" or "activity" part of the run. Most of the weekday runs will probably be run on the same 6 mile course that I often run, all that will change is the "how" of the run.
Parkruns are generally expected to be the "fast" run of the week - though my "fast" may be a lot less fast than other people's "fast"!

#	W/B	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Miles (approx)
1	11-Jun	Rest	4 x (5+1) threshold	Rest	1 x 10min threshold	Rest	Parkrun	90 minute LSR	25
2	18-Jun	Rest	5 x (5+1) threshold	Rest	Giffnock 10k	Rest	Parkrun	120 minute LSR	28
3	25-Jun	Rest	3 x (8+1.5) threshold	Rest	1 x 15 min threshold	Rest	Parkrun	90 minute LSR	25
4	02-Jul	Rest	3 x (10+1.5) threshold	Rest	3 x (6+1.5) Kenyan Hills	Rest	Parkrun (run to & from)	120 minute LSR	34
5	09-Jul	Rest	45 min recovery	Rest	1 x 20min threshold	Rest	Parkrun	135 minute	30
6	16-Jul	Rest	45 minute recovery	Rest	3 x (10+1.5) Kenyan Hills	Rest	Parkrun (run to & from)	90 minute LSR	31
7	23-Jul	Rest	45 minute reovery with hills	Rest	3 x (10+1) Kenyan Hills	Rest	Parkrun at recovery pace	Dundee Half Marathon	27
8	30-Jul	Rest	45 minute recovery	Rest	3 x (12+1) Kenyan Hills	Rest	135 minute LSR (in Manchester)	Rest	28
9	06-Aug	NODA Summer School	NODA Summer School	NODA Summer School	NODA Summer School	NODA Summer School	NODA Summer School	135 minute LSR (in Lancaster)	15
10	13-Aug	Rest	45 minute recovery	Rest	2 x (10+1.5) threshold	Rest	Parkrun	180 minute LSR	35
11	20-Aug	Rest	45 minute recovery	Rest	1 x 20 min threshold	Rest	Parkrun (run to & from)	90 minute LSR	31
12	27-Aug	Rest	4 x (5+1) threshold	Rest	5 x (5+1) threshold	Rest	2 mile recovery	Glasgow Half Marathon	27
13	03-Sep	Rest	40 minute recovery	Rest	3 x (5+1) threshold	Rest	Parkrun at recovery pace	22 mile LSR	37
14	10-Sep	Rest	40 minute recover	Rest	3 x (5+2) Kenyan hills	Rest	Parkrun at recovery pace	90 minute LSR	20
15	17-Sep	Rest	30 minute recovery	Rest	30 minute recovery	Rest	Parkrun at recovery pace	60 minute LSR	15
16	24-Sep	Rest	2 x (5+1.5) threshold	Rest	30 minute recovery	Rest	20 minute recovery	Race Day!	34

So... this gives me a planned grand total of something like 448 miles of training throughout the sixteen weeks. as compared to the 419 that I actually achieved last time... Let's see what comes of it all!