Is this good off season training

I've posted here before, but changed my training plan a lot because I realized that it almost definitely was not what I needed to run well. I'd like to see your guys' thoughts for the revised schedule:

Sunday

4 - 6.5mi tempo with 5 - 15mi easy

Monday

a.m. Optional run

p.m. 8x400m repeats

Tuesday

a.m. 5.5mi jog

p.m. 4 - 6.5mi tempo or easy, optional 4x400m

Wednesday

a.m. 5.5mi jog

p.m. 1mi sprint with as-long-as-possible tempo, optional 4x400m

Thursday

a.m. Optional run

p.m. 4 - 6.5mi tempo or easy, optional 4x400m

Friday

a.m. 3mi jog

p.m. 8x400m repeats

Saturday

15mi easy

I'm no expert as I'm sure there are way more qualified people on the board who can address this... but it seems that you have WAY too much speed work in there.

3 to 4 tempos AND 2 track workouts seems quite excessive. I'm thinking more distance and less speed when you are talking about off season training. Not sure about doubling 5 days straight. I saw an interview last night with once of the top boys in the country and he only doubles 3 days a week.

Maybe head to the track once a week or even once every other week. You can also put longer work and not just 400s and 800s. Throw in some 1200s or miles repeats.

I can see this scheduled getting overwhelming and you hating life by April/May when you should be getting ready to run your best.

Look to do some cross training. Swimming, Surfing, soccer, ultimate, etc all give you a workout without doing the same runs over and over.

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