LetsRun.com has confirmed that the Tinman Elite group is no long being led by its inspiration - Tom "Tinman" Schwartz. MB: Tom “Tinman” Schwartz and Drew Hunter/Tinman Elite have parted ways 

Thanksgiving may be a holiday for most Americans but a ton of US pros decided to go to work and race last week. We break it down and give you the scoop on Mary Cain's knee injury.

Ping, who recently started being coached by Tom "Tinman" Schwartz (Drew Hunter's coach) ran 16:44 and 10:28.

Clear out your Saturday afternoon. The Bowerman mile is officially a must-watch event! *MB: LRC Exclusive: Drew Hunter's coach thinks Hunter might be able to break Alan Webb's historic 3:53.43 HS mile record

We made a mistake in our article on Schwartz and fortunately for all of us that caused Schwartz to share more info on Critical Velocity pace.

Tom Schwartz (aka "Tinman" on the message boards) has a training philosophy that is LetsRun.com approved (7-minute easy days) which focuses on Critical Velocity - 90% of VO2 max - and not forcing things. "Humans think, 'If I just run at goal pace, I'll automatically get there.' Um, that's not how your body develops. There's no physiological basis for that." *MB: Get the inside scoop on Drew Hunter's training - LetsRun's feature on Tom "Tinman" Schwartz

Hunter's coach Tom Schwartz saw no reason to take much time off after his undefeated cross country season and so the record attempt is on. Schwartz, "I don’t overtrain him so he’s not mentally or physically overtrained."

Hunter will line up with Matt Centrowitz, Leo Manzano and other pros on January 30th.
*DyeStat Article On Hunter Being Coached From Afar By LRC Poster Tom "Tinman" Swartz For a recent workout Schwartz talked to Hunter through Facetime during a workout and gave instructions in between each interval.

Schwartz (a well known LRC poster) thinks Hunter will easily break 4-minutes.