Welcome back to In My Opinion - a podcast series by Sweat Elite Founder Matt Fox. In this episode the topics discussed are: • A 40min section about the USA Olympic Marathon Trials and who is going to the Olympics (according to Matt) based on some inside information and Strava analysis. • Some advice to coaches - from one of the best coaches in the USA about the importance of getting to know the athlete (and how un-important the actual training plan can be if you don’t know the athlete well). • London Marathon Squad link: https://www.sweatelitecoaching.com/london-marathon-2024-squad • Boston Marathon Squad link: https://www.sweatelitecoaching.com/boston-marathon-2024-squad • The 7th Sweat Elite Training Camp taking place in Boulder in May and what it entails • Link to training camp: https://www.sweatelite.co/bouldertrainingcamp/ Send Matt an email on [email protected] with any thoughts or questions. The workouts of the week: Any Distance Workout: 15min easy warm up. 10min @ Threshold (3min rest) 5min @ Threshold (1min rest) 1min harder (1min rest) 4min @ Threshold (1min rest) 1min harder (1min rest) 3min @ Threshold (1min rest) 1min harder (1min rest) 2min @ Threshold (1min rest) 1min harder (1min rest) 1min @ Threshold (1min rest) 1min harder (1min rest) Easy to remember: 10min tempo, 5/1, 4/1, 3/1, 2/1, 1/1 Tempo/Harder. Half Marathon Specific Workout: 4 x 3km (2min rest). The first one at Marathon effort. Second and third ones at Half Marathon effort. Final one @ 10km effort. Marathon Specific Workout: 10km Progressive (easy to Marathon effort), short break, 10km of (500m @ marathon effort alternating with 500m float), 5km easy. Join us over at: Sweat Elite Coaching Academy: https://www.sweatelitecoaching.com/