[quote]The Floyd wrote:
Phil, I think you should sit down, take a deep breath, and re-read your last post with an open mind. No offense, but it's a deeply ironic post by you given the whole point of this thread was how you realized that you were over-training previously and disregarding the well-intended advice you were getting. I don't really care how you train, but as someone who has worked on and off with Tom for 6-7 years, if you really want to implement his training approach then you really need to re-think what you're doing.
First of all, the idea of adding more volume than even the elite guys are doing is insane. To do it because "you need to work even harder than they do given your lesser talent" truly is insane. To do it to force yourself to slow down is also insane. Just slow down! You can do it, really! It won't kill you! Run no more than 6 x 1km, and do it at the proper pace. Better yet, start with 4-5 and work up to 6. Btw, your threshold 1600s are way too many. I've never had to do more than 4 x 1600 when I had hills and other stuff after it.
Second, Tom is a huge believer in running paces based off current (that day's) fitness. All the paces in your schedule look to be roughly based on your all-time 5km PR. NO! Remember, it's not supposed to be paces based on a recent PR, but even slower still because you need to take into account that on workout day you're a little fatigued and there's no race-day adrenaline or competition. Literally every single one of your paces is too fast.
Last, the time trials: never heard of Tom assigning a 7km time trial. But he's nothing if not flexible, so go for it if you want. But I imagine he'd treat it as a race and build in more recovery. So don't run hard for another 4-5 days. And don't be silly and put in more work after any TT.
Again, you can obviously do whatever you want, but what you're doing is not "Tinman training". Listen or not. Not trying to be harsh here, but I'm just baffled by your last post...
[quote]LateRunnerPhil wrote:
Phil, this is the best post of the whole thread. If you aren’t trying to self-sabotage (which I do all the time), please heed this advice. You claim to love Tinman, but you do everything possible (by justifying ridiculous things) to make sure you don’t do Tinman training and instead destroy your body. You haven’t learned and are doing the same thing as last year!