Time to work out a training schedule. The triathlon is now 8 weeks away. That's more than enough time to give me a fighting chance of running a sub 20-minute 5K. I'm booked into the Standard Chartered Great City Race, which takes place 4 weeks

or 25 mins easySat Warm up, 16 x 400m at 5K pace, with 75 sec recoveriesSun 10 miles easy, off-roadTOTAL: 45-48 milesWeek TwoMon 6 miles easy fartlek, on grassTue 6-7 miles steadyWed Warm up, 5-6 x 1 mile at 10K pace with 3 min recoveries, warm

Thu Warm up, 10 x 400m at 5K pace with 90 sec recoveries, then 5 mins jogFri RestSat 10 mins easy, 15 + 10 mins THR, 3 mins recovery, 10 mins jogSun 10 miles easyTOTAL: 40 miles approxWeek FourMon 6 miles easyTue 7 miles fartlekWed Warm up, then 6 x

Rest        Tue Speedwork 5M (inc 4 x 800m, 200m jog) 5K 45 mins 8/10Wed Steady 5M 8:45 44 mins 6/10Thu Fartlek 5M (inc 3M fartlek) 7:30-9:30 45 mins (25 mins fartlek) 7/10Fri Rest        Sat Easy 3M 9:30 28 mins 4/10Sun Race 10K (plus 1M warm-up/1M

)) - around your half-marathon pace (87-91% MHR).:Fast-10K - 90-94%:Fast-5K - 93-97% MHR:Fast-above-5K:If none of this still looks right, try a different schedule--Enter your race date:  (dd/mm/yyyy)Finished? When you're happy with the paces, download your

to your schedule every week to 10 days, such as 5 x 800 metres at 5K pace with two-minute jog recoveries in between.SUMMER ACHIEVEMENT: Trained for a marathonAUTUMN GOAL: Maintain enduranceClearly, you can’t hang on to peak marathon endurance forever, yet

:00 target: 55:00 (plus 22-min jog) 9/10 Total   23M   3hrs 50   Week Two Day Session Distance Pace Time Intensity Mon Rest        Tue Speedwork 5M (inc 8 x 300m, 200m jog) 5K 50 mins 8/10Wed Steady 5M 9:45 48 mins 5/10Thu Threshold 5M (inc 2.5M THR) 1

of hills or fartlek 100 mins slow (8:00) or 10-mile race Week 3 (w/c Aug 4) 30 mins easy or rest 10 mins warm-up, then 12 x 400m at 5K pace (6:00) with 1-min recoveries, then 10 mins cool-down 65 mins easy 45 mins, with the middle 24 alternating between

) REST or 30 mins easyAug 5 (Mon) REST or 30 mins easyAug 12 (Mon) REST or 30 mins easyAug 19 (Mon) REST or 30 mins easyAug 26 (Mon) REST or 30 mins easySep 2 (Mon) REST or 30 mins easySep 9 (Mon) REST Jul 16 (Tue) Speed target: run 16 x 200m at 5K pace

12 (Mon) RESTAug 19 (Mon) RESTAug 26 (Mon) RESTSep 2 (Mon) RESTSep 9 (Mon) RESTJul 16 (Tue) Speed target: run 8 x 200m at 5K pace. 100m jog (1 min) between efforts. Take 1 min extra jog after 4 efforts. 10 mins jog before and after sessionJul 23 (Tue