Does Tinman's CV/Tempo replace Steady State during base?

Tenman wrote:

Arthur Lydiard and John Kellogg would have their runners often do high end aerobic runs during base phase. My understanding of Tinman's training is that you have a weekly CV workout and Tinman Tempo (~40 min tempo). Is the underlying idea of Tinman's philosophy that you start off with the weekly CV and tempo during base phase and this is what replaces the high end aerobic runs (steady state or whatever) that other coaches have often used? I understand that his workouts would probably develop your aerobic capabilities to a large degree similar to progression/steady state runs during base.

Exactly. Two workouts, Tinman allows you to include steady running in the long run after some weeks (for example a progressive LR or a moderate LR). That's more than enough, then you can spend 4 days on recovery and make sure that the workouts are in control and always fresh.

I'm guessing that these workouts, after building up to it, also let you gain a level of fitness (while still improving) near your max so that essentially you're in great shape week in and week out and can still post fast (not PRs maybe but close) times whenever you decide to race correct? I'd imagine that only a small amount of peaking workouts would be necessary if one really wished to do so and that this would be in the form of adding more layers (VO2, etc) to the weekly CV workout.

This maybe helpful

https://drive.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=https://cdn2.sportngin.com/attachments/document/0116/3778/1600m3200mTraining.TomSchwartz.AllRightsReserved.pdf

40min tempo is only a little faster than steady running anyways. But Tinman also often prescribes a more moderate pace for long runs regardless.

Thanks for the resource, it helped clear up my general understanding. I guess one last final question I could ask would be how long do you think the progression to peak fitness (i.e. ready to race) would take? I understand that the training methods are more meant for long-term development over short-term gains but I'm just curious.

Tenman wrote:

Thanks for the resource, it helped clear up my general understanding. I guess one last final question I could ask would be how long do you think the progression to peak fitness (i.e. ready to race) would take? I understand that the training methods are more meant for long-term development over short-term gains but I'm just curious.

Tinman starts increasing the pressure on runners a few weeks out of competition. For example, around 6-7 weeks out he starts eliminating the Tinman Tempo and replace it with a race or race-specific intervals (often as combo workout with CV). Then, 2 weeks before the peak race he starts a taper, and eliminates the long run in the week of the peak race (a 90 min LR would turn into a 60 min run for example).

One thing he also uses to peak, especially in the last 2-3 weeks are time trial. For example, instead of 7x3 min@CV+7xhills+7xstrides he would do 4x3min@CV+800m TT at 97%. That increases lactate tolerance and primes you to race well!