Every training plan is a deal: so many weeks, so many hours, a peak week you have to survive — in exchange for a finish time. See both sides of the deal before you commit to anything.
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Anchored to your 25:00 5K.
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The estimate assumes you follow the road: the phases, the long runs, the easy days actually easy. Inside Threshold this same math re-checks itself weekly against what you really run.
A well-built plan isn't a straight ramp. It moves through phases — base grows the aerobic engine with easy volume, build adds threshold work, peak makes the training race-specific, and taper sheds fatigue so fitness can show up on race day. The dips in the mileage curve are deliberate down weeks: adaptation happens in the recovery, not the workout.
The two numbers most plans hide are the ones this preview leads with: the peak week and the time on feet. If seven hours in your biggest week doesn't fit your life, better to pick three runs a week now than to find out in week nine.
The finish window comes from your current 5K through Jack Daniels' VDOT tables — it's a promise anchored to evidence, not ambition. It assumes you run the plan: the long runs happen, the easy days stay easy, and you arrive at the start line tapered. Enter an honest 5K and you'll get an honest window.
Inside Threshold, this same plan re-checks itself every week against what you actually run. Paces anchor to your verified fitness, the estimate moves as you prove it, and the coach explains every change.
See Threshold