Training Plan

I will be following Hal Higdon's 15k training plan. I haven't decided if I will be following the Novice or Intermediate plan yet. I may even do a combination of the two and make my own custom training plan. I have a good starting base and plenty of time to train and am interested in doing speedwork and tempo runs but the intermediate plan has 5 scheduled weekly runs as opposed to 3, with a long run peak at 10 miles as opposed to 8. For now, I'm working on building my endurance base even more before I actually start the official training plan in January, so I still have time to decide.