Post 2...Ok so these next 6 weeks a coach needs to learn you. I mean say you are to go 35 miles your first week. If I say ok 6 mile, day one, at easy long run pace. You do it but next morn your sore, tight hams tight. We need to stretch and deal with this...slowly, maybe next day off. Your eaten like a pig, chocolate milk, a meal 90 min after run. Maybe cold water soak 10 minutes, maybe next day your on track, warm up and jog 1600,,,now our only hard work on the track this one day a week...for say next 5 weeks. Lets do 2 X 1 mile breakdown. Were just gonna learn about you, so I'm gonna send you 600,300,300,200,100,100 X2. Gonna give u big rest, maybe 5 min between reps. Learning ur recovery, your stride, your gears, etc. May send u at 1:55 on 600, maybe 52 in 300 and 31 200. Ur just learning about you. Great video on flotrack called Bernie Montoya mile break downs wow. Of course u don't run his speed...yet. Maybe Sat we send you easy 4 morn, easy 5 late Sat even to begin introduction to a 2 a day...late Sun even a long run maybe 6.5. Next day off. Maybe by week 3 we set u up for 40. After this phase we go to 2 hard days a week, negative split work, gear changing longer intervals..maybe 4x1000 +2x800. Mile breakdown goes faster..way faster. Thing is the 800 in a very tough run..u want to be doing things like running those 1000's negative...2 gears 600 one pace and 2nd gear last 400 ..u got to fly. Tactics and how to run a 800 is huge. Maybe at 4 weeks we do timed trial. We learn a ton about you. Keep a log on your times and rest periods etc. Protect yourself rest and recover! I watched a 800 meter champ HS guy last month running 1500, 1500, 1200,1200,1000,1000 all negative split. Four days later he was running all 300's, 200.s 100,s and 50's. Ill check bac on this post in day or two. Take care of youself!