I need to read-up some more on this program, because it’s piqued my interest. (And because I ran my first race in about 20 years this morning. A small 5K trail run. Took first male master the day after my 40th )

Thanks for taking the time to journal your program for us. Very cool.

This is one of the things people misunderstand about Lydiard – he never advocating running slow. In fact, the “Long Slow Distance Run” which has been attributed to him is one of the most misunderstood things about Lydiard. Lydiard advocated one very long run each week but he did not say to run it slow. And he certainly did not say what what people like Jeff Galloway say – that “you cannot run the weekly long run too slow”.

Lydiard believed in getting the maximal possible aerobic effort into each run. But he also understood that you cannot run at maximum pace/effort every time out. That is why he trained runners with the “hard/easy” method. He knew that if you can run every day and achieve balance between running at varying efforts, you can build endurance in a way that the body can handle.

I hope this helps.