As you may have read I have been working with Marco from around early April this year. We are currently building for the London Marathon but along the way we really wanted to squeeze in a 10k and under 40 minutes.
Marco entered the Thorpe Park 10k on the 22nd August. It was not easy to fit the race into Marco's marathon training schedule. I wanted to keep his weekly volume high but also protect his legs because I knew that going under 40 minutes would be tight, it was a difficult balance.
Marco started the race strong and despite a difficult mile with a hill half way he came home with an outstanding 39 minutes and 55 seconds! Not only that but Marco finished in 9th place overall , never before has he been so far up the results. It was such a great day and myself and Marco were seriously chuffed!
We now continue to train for the London Marathon and hopefully a time under 3 hours and 20 minutes. This will be a fantastic achievement for Marco's first ever race over this distance,watch this space!
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