Alright, I am currently on week 7 of my base and I was planning on starting doing workouts next week. My first race will be on Februrary 18-9, an indoor meet. Is now the ideal time to begin workouts like mile repeats, 800 repeats etc. just to get my body used to the higher speed now. Also I will most likely be a 3k/5k guy and I might also be running some 1500's and 10k's. What type of workouts and what type of distances would be the best? Thank you.
Can anyone help me out?
according to j. Daniels' formula you should've started a week back... yeah I'd start doing faster stuff.
His FIRST race will be in Feb. You can race at any phase of training.
OP, when do you want to be in your best shape? What races are the most important to you - I see you've mentioned 3k/5k, but what dates? Are you aiming for peak performances during outdoors in late spring? Or late winter/early spring for indoor?
Get the Daniels book and plan your season. There are of course other ways to plan a season, but you have already mentioned Jack's book, so get started.
I am aiming at reaching peak performance in mid to late April.