How to pick the right plan for you

Identify where your fitness is at currently. What is your baseline? Do you know what your training zones are? (if not use the free fitness testing plan to establish before you progress with a training plan). Have you been sick or injured recently? Thus do you need a plan which supports your recovery and include strength exercises to support your rehab?

Our plans range from level 1 (suitable for novice athletes) through to level 3 (advanced / experienced athletes). Pick the plan which matches your current fitness levels and goals.

What are the specifics of your goal? If a particular event consider the unique challenges your goal will involve. What is the terrain likely to be? Are you doing a flat course or a mountainous event? Will you need to carry a lot of kit and need to plan which prepares you for load carrying? Or is it a well supported event and thus you will be carrying the bare minimum? Are you chasing a specific time target (eg sub 3hr marathon) or do you simply want to finish with a smile on your face and time doesn’t matter?

Think both in terms of how far away your event is; 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 weeks (or longer), but more importantly, how much time do you have each day and week to train? Do an audit on your training availability and pick a plan which will fit your life (don’t make your life fit a plan). We have plans with varying weekly hours, so pick the most realist one for you. Be honest with how much time you have and base this off an average week, not your perfect week. Work, family, life will all impact on how much time you have so pick the plan which will be most realistic for you.

Do you want your plan based on heart rate zones? Power zones? Pace zones? Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE)?

Do you want the plan based on time or distance (miles or km)?

We have plans to suit all of these options, so pick the one which uses the tools and metrics you are comfortable using.