5 KM Advanced Plan - L4

Worth it

If you are considering buying a training plan, which I assume you are since you are reading the reviews, I highly recommend it. I want to share my thoughts, as this was my biggest concern when I was deciding whether to buy the plan. My main concern was whether the plan could accommodate all the different goals. Someone aiming for a 17-minute 5k time will follow a different pace than someone targeting 20, but they will do the same workout. And this is not just for the 5k plans, for the other distances, they follow the same structure, which is great. There is a table in miles and another in kilometres. I really recommend the running plans, and I hope Ben continues with all the shoe reviews!

Did the job!

Just bought this for my nephew. I used it earlier this year and got the sub 20 time I trained for at a race with over 1200 entrants and won the masters (40+) division. Not bad for a 57 year old! My 22 year old nephew asked for the plan to try and accomplish his own sub 20 goal. It’s the first plan I’ve used that included a pace chart - previous ones used perceived effort - and I think that made me push much harder in training.

Excellent plan

I've used this plan twice: once to run a sub-20 5k, and then to get my time down below 19 minutes. It's a very manageable amount of running that I was able to fit in around other commitments. The speed work is particularly helpful: I started to look forward to it after a while, and it really gave me confidence for race day. The strength exercises are also really good, and easy to follow. The second time around I ran 18:46 at Battersea Parkrun, which surpassed all my expectations! I definitely recommend giving this plan a go.