[Scott Johnston]

Quentin:

I’m sorry to be slow in answering this. I did reply a week ago, but for some reason, my reply didn’t stick.  Your English is great.  I butcher our language more.

Your race results indicate that you have a good work capacity even though your training volume is not high.  I guess you can thank your parents for good genes.

I think using this plan of using training for the 42 km race as A priority is a good way to go.  Prepping for the 42 km race will give you a good base for the longer race in October.

I can’t explain the most effective modifications to the Category 1 100km plan.  The reason is that I don’t know enough about you and your training and fitness. If your goals are 42 and 75km, why are us using the 100km plan?  Could it be that you feel you can handle the volume in that plan?  Given the results you have gotten from quite a low volume of training, I’m not sure you need to jump to the 100km plan.  A jump in volume like you are contemplating, from 275 hours to 500 hours, is much larger than I would normally think prudent.  There is an injury risk when making a bog increase in running volume like you are planning.

Scott