@otter - you are boring and sanctimonious. Why are you attacking my training? I didn’t ask the question. I only proposed a reason why it might be acceptable for someone to violate the long run rule.
I suspect you are salty because I called you out for humblebragging about your 10 hour a day job and 100 mile weeks with a 9 pm run, etc as some type of justification for your coaching style. No one cares about that. This is the wrong place to be chest out about such things. You will get called out. Remember that people are interested in seeing athletes perform, not hearing coaches recount the glorious halcyon days of their youth.