Racing into shape? Do you even do any real workouts?

You are the distance coach? Your athletes can probably survive this schedule and even improve it they do some threshold work each Monday and if you don't have to run them in too many events in the invitationals. It's not ideal but it is survivable

with two races a week I think you'd just concentrate on recovering the rest of the time. I'd maybe do some strides once or twice a week to work on turnover. But I doubt you even need that.

I would do a long run or light threshold on Mondays. Kids should be able to handle it. Just make sure they aren't running Monday's workout too hard.

Yes distance runners. They don't need to double or triple, but they do need to run hard for the win. Some races are harder than others. I think only 2 of the 8 weeks there is no Wednesday meet because of spring break.

Some friends have suggested doing a tempo in the morning and an 800 or 400 + 4 x 400 at the race. But like I said, winning the duals has been made an emphasis by our head coach.

Thanks for the heads up. Not ideal but I want these kids to improve, there is a lot of potential here. But the system sucks!

If one is putting in 2 races per week this is the same as 2 hard workouts per week. Perhaps even harder due to the emotional and "nervous energies" (as Renato might say). So yes, easy running is all that needs to be done. If not, just don't be jumping onto your athletes when you push another workout on them and if then start to stagnate, regress or get injured. The fault won't be theirs for being loyal and listening to their coach. The fault will be on you for running them into the ground. Heck, they might even stagnate with the demands on the mind and body from 2 races per week.