The perils of following training plans

Training plans are great if you don't get injured and can follow them to the letter.

This happened to me once, and I had a great road marathon as a result.

But I was spoiled by that stroke of luck. Other times since I've kept on trying to do a plan even though I was getting injured. Like banging my head against the wall. The results haven't been good.

Although at least on one occasion I remember, I did manage to adapt the programme and do the event I was signed up for (my second marathon) all right.

Everybody tells you not to follow their training plan to the letter. They say it's just a draft and that you need to tweak it as needed. But I have found it hard to get the message into my thick skull.

I have trouble diverging from the crappy little plans I cobble together myself or even changing what I say I'm going to do for the next few days, let alone stepping off the path of a serious training plan bought through TrainingPeaks.

But not this time...

I'm on week one of a new training plan, and I'm fully prepared to change it at the drop of a hat.

This should be easier on this occasion given that I'm going to run through the same programme twice. The first time just to get a feel for the workouts and to build up my weekly mileage and climbing.

This time, I'm going to be smart...