that’s a fair point. the cycle we’ve just written starts out at around 2100m for the weekly total and ends around 1700m as after week one competition basically takes over the SE2 side of things and all that remains is the spped/speed endurance and SE1 (back up sessions). As for the max vel. component, we always start each session with block starts (as per charlie’s program) and the main work of my training covers everything from 60-150m (with full recoveries of course) - so that aspect is consistently present, if not the main focus of a session.
e.g. 4x30m blocks, 1x60m, 1x80m, 1x100m, 1x150m, 1x120m
i know it’s not perfect but i think we have more to gain at the end of my race (fitness-wise) than we have to lose speed wise at least in this cycle. the plan is to then go back to a speed/se1/compete format for 6 weeks which should bring us back in touch with speed and thus ensure i dont lose any speed reserve!