I'm going to try to keep it short, but here's my advice:
1. You can't just push really hard every day and get better suddenly. Those magical jumps where you are working too hard and working too hard and then all of a sudden you've adapted. Your body adapts on a daily to weekly basis for the most part and so the big gains found over years and months the result of compiles days and weeks. Strange things happen in running, to be sure, but you shouldn't plan on getting worse and then all of a sudden jumping lots of levels. That's one thing I've never really understood about OAR (except by way of explaining that a runner's thinking doesn't have to and probably shouldn't match reality). If it's any consolation, most great runners work too hard, too soon. The really great runners seem to figure out or stumble onto building up to working really absurdly unbelievably hard in a somehow well-metered way. In other words, they understand their limitations while simultaneously understanding that real progress is happening at all times (because they are training well). It is a paradox to just come in and see a snapshot of anyone who has held a world record in the past 10 years train. You can't believe not just the individual workouts they do, but how they are able to put them together. Well, that's my take on what it is.
2. If you can talk to your coach, that's a good idea. Don't make suggestions, like that you take it easy on workouts, unless he/she asks. Just present the situation, in a pre-thought out, concise way. Your coach will appreciate that.
3. If you can't talk to your coach, the best plan is probably to moderate everything slightly rather than ease off on the workouts, or the easy runs only.
Hope that helps, and seriously, I wish you way more than luck. Oh, and 4: I agree with the Don't Give Up sentiment. You'll get a lot out of this whatever the result. You probably already are.