I’ve signed up for the Bristol 10km race on 5th May, and figured that unlike last time I’d actually do some dedicated training for it.

I’m a pretty active person, doing some form of exercise 6 times a week, so when I started googling 10km training plans I couldn’t find anything that really fitted with my existing schedule. So I’m making one up myself. I want to include all of my existing activities but add in some easy longer runs to give me the endurance for a 10km as well as fast speed training (and the weekly slog up the hill at Ashton Court).

This is what I have so far, aiming to start on Monday, 11th March

Week 1

Monday: Aerobics, Core Blimey, fast 3km treadmill run
Tuesday: Cuba Tone
Wednesday: Body Pump Express, easy 6km treadmill run
Thursday: Amazon
Friday: rest day
Saturday: Ashton Court Parkrun 5km (fast and up a bloody great hill)
Sunday: Yoga

Week 2

Monday: Aerobics, Core Blimey, fast 3km treadmill run
Tuesday: Cuba Tone
Wednesday: Body Pump Express, easy 6.5km treadmill run
Thursday: Amazon
Friday: rest day
Saturday: Ashton Court Parkrun 5km (fast and up a bloody great hill)
Sunday: Yoga

Week 3

Monday: Aerobics, Core Blimey, fast 4km treadmill run
Tuesday: Cuba Tone
Wednesday: Body Pump Express, easy 7km treadmill run
Thursday: Amazon
Friday: rest day
Saturday: Ashton Court Parkrun 5km (fast and up a bloody great hill)
Sunday: Yoga

Week 4

Monday: Aerobics, Core Blimey, fast 4km treadmill run
Tuesday: Cuba Tone
Wednesday: Body Pump Express, easy 7.5km treadmill run
Thursday: Amazon
Friday: rest day
Saturday: Ashton Court Parkrun 5km (fast and up a bloody great hill)
Sunday: Yoga

Week 5

Monday: Aerobics, Core Blimey, fast 5km treadmill run
Tuesday: rest day – BJC
Wednesday: easy 8km run
Thursday: rest day – BJC
Friday: fast 5km run
Saturday: rest day – BJC
Sunday: rest day – BJC

Week 6

Monday: Aerobics, Core Blimey, fast 5km treadmill run
Tuesday: Cuba Tone
Wednesday: Body Pump Express, easy 8.5km treadmill run
Thursday: Amazon
Friday: rest day
Saturday: Ashton Court Parkrun 5km (fast and up a bloody great hill)
Sunday: Yoga

Week 7

Monday: Aerobics, Core Blimey, fast 6km treadmill run
Tuesday: Cuba Tone
Wednesday: Body Pump Express, easy 9km treadmill run
Thursday: Amazon
Friday: rest day
Saturday: Ashton Court Parkrun 5km (fast and up a bloody great hill)
Sunday: Yoga

Week 8

Monday: Aerobics, Core Blimey, easy 6km treadmill run
Tuesday: Cuba Tone
Wednesday: Body Pump Express, easy 8km treadmill run
Thursday: Amazon
Friday: rest day
Saturday: rest day – volunteer at Ashton Court Parkrun
Sunday: Race Day

Fast runs will be at 5min/km pace or faster, easy runs at a more leisurely 6min/km pace or whatever seems “easy” that day (I haven’t done easy runs for a long time).

Of course I still have to fit a juggling convention, three OU assignments, five OU tutorials, one OU day school, and an online OU exam around that as well as my full time studies. Piece of cake, right?