This Monday workout ruined Lex and Leo

What was the workout specifics? I agree that a hard workout two days after a big race is stupidity. Was it glorified strides though or a hard vo2 max type workout?

Dude can't you read? It was "This" workout!

I agree that This Monday workout should only be done early in the year.

No reason not to do a workout. The question is what the workout should be.

Realistically the young's have been pushing to hard all year. You will note how they aren't running faster than last year. Feels like they were trying just a hair to much. And I wouldn't be shocked if the coaching is mainly just do what we did last year with using any judgement about if they need to back off...

What workout did Lex and Leo do this Monday? Please fill us in on the specifics.

Training plan worked great for the 1, 3 and 5 guys, do they have a different coach?

1 mile at about 4:30 and then 4x 400 at 4:30 pace. They said it wasn’t too hard - just to keep in touch with running fast

5 X 18 miles.

You think that top runners don't do workouts 2 days after a race? Of course they do. Heck, professional runners often do a workout 2 HOURS after a race. I've seen them do it many times.

You somehow tied a workout on a Monday with a sub par performance 5 days later on Saturday and imagined that they are connected. No, they are not connected. One has nothing to do with thother.