If the organizers can confirm the date for me, I plan to race on October 15, and this time, finally, my "A" race would be a 10K. I plan to get rid of that old, soft PR, but in fact I'll try to get close to 40 minutes. We will see how my shape is at the beginning of the cycle. Even if I don't believe the 19:11 5K PR on that (probably) short course, I should have been capable of something like 19:30, and that already gives a 10K equivalent of 40:30.

That also means that I will run tune up 5Ks on 10/1 and 9/17 (or 18). I don't expect to run PRs, but I should be under 20 minutes in those.

Training schedule:

Race week starts on 10/10.
Week -1: 10/3
Week -2: 9/26
Week -3: 9/19
Week -4: 9/12
Week -5: 9/5
Week -6: 8/29
Week -7: 8/22
Week -8: 8/15
Week -9: 8/8
Week -10: 8/1
Week -11: 7/25

Next week is still base: I'll to ramp up to 40+ miles, because the first week of the training will be 43 miles and there is intensity in it.