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Very solid Jake. 4 x 1 at 5k with only 90 seconds is probably a very good 5k race pace indicator. Getting fast! See you at the start.

I don't really like those colors...do you think you could change them? Then, of course, match the 4 other training calendars you have.

Nice workout! You have definitely shown a lot of improvement since the US Half Champ race, and I think the next block of training is what will take you to the next level.

I need some sort of split cell for the workouts that blend two different systems. It requires a lot of highly OCD work to keep all these spreadsheets in sync! If I could just access Google Drive at work, life would be simplified.

Derek - any recommendation for getting dropped off near the start? If my parents can get me w/in about a mile, I'd rather do that than take the bus.

Last year I parked myself at Brown/Val Vista which is just about 2-2.25 from the start so I just ran to the start for my warm up. Also plenty of open bathrooms on the way. Val vista north bound should be open up to McDowell which is the road the race starts on. Taking that could get you even closer.

Really solid workout Jake. I think the graph looks really pretty with all of the bright colors.

i agree with andrea about the colors. google just doesn't offer a good selection. i can send you some custom swatches that i created in ms paint.

i like the plan. thanks for the summary, explanations, and visual aids. i am slowly building my 5k plan and it's stressing me out -- that book is so good but there's a lot to process. i may just have to stick with two 1970s sessions/week.

I'm doing a few sets of basic, 70s style interval workouts starting in a couple weeks. 400s, 800s. Simple, but hard workouts. They have their place.

I agree with the dissent on the lightness of the color scheme but on the other hand I like it also. It's far more ambitious and presentable than anything I post online. Well thought out too.

It's hard to look back in a weekly text view format and pick out the key workouts, and how they stack up over time... and whether there is actually a targeted approach or someone is just doing a bunch of haphazard workouts. I'm going to recap each block of training I do this year in this fashion... not necessarily for people to copy, but to show how you might think about setting up your own plan... and thinking longer-term w/ progressions of certain types of workouts. Hopefully it will be useful.

The color is tricky for my colorblindness. Can I get an auditory version? Good thing things are marked too, and I follow closely enough that I know what is what.

I'll start working on a braille version tonight

A little late, but nice going Jake! I know just where this little gem of a workout came from...it took me three tries to get it right.

Should be interesting to see how you do this weekend -- are you pretty much training through it?

Semi-taper... no workout tomorrow, just some long strides / 200s and a shorter PM run + all the usualy gym stuff w/ Andrea. Friday will be a typical pre-race day (~5 miles). If it isn't windy (fingers crossed!) I should get a really good benchmark for where I'm at.

This workout is really going to suck when the target pace is 4:40. But I guess that will also be a good thing in many ways :-)

Great workout, Jake! Impressive, especially given the short rest intervals. Fascinating tables and summaries.

I would submit that when you do this workout, when the target pace is 4:40, that it won't hurt any more than it did for 4:53 pace. The reason is because your fitness level will have climbed substantially. In college, I did mile repeats in the 4:30's, and those didn't hurt any more than mine currently do.