Interesting approaches. boingo and eddylee, it looks like you guys run all your workouts faster than I do - from 400 repeats to easy runs. Should be interesting to see if I can keep up when it comes to race times. I wasn't going to post my training, but I'll post this week to show the contrast. Everything through Thursday AM is already done. Everything else is planned.
Monday
AM - no run
PM - 3x(4x200) in 33-34, 100 jog recovery, 400 jog between sets; with strides, warmups, and cooldowns, 9.5 miles total
Tuesday
AM - 9 mile run, starting easy, uptempo by the end
PM - 3 miles easy
Wednesday
AM - 3.5 miles easy
PM - 4 miles easy
Thursday
AM - 4 miles easy
PM - Tempo run - 5:40 to 6:00 pace; with strides, warmups and cooldowns, 10 miles total
Friday
AM - 4 miles easy
PM - Easy run, then strides and accelerations (top end speed, very short bursts) - 6 miles total
Saturday
12 miles starting easy, uptempo by the end
Sunday
6 miles easy
Total: 71 miles
Next week I'll trade the 1500 paced effort for a hill workout and switch the tempo run to some long intervals.
Other than that, nothing killer on the menu. Some people might say I have too much junk jogging in here, but I'm trying to take things gradually, 70 mpw is still pushing the envelope for me.