This is the cutdown phase after the real SPP that Charlie showed in the SPP lecture. For me, the first week of SPP2 is about 1500m of workouts, not counting warmups and tempo. This declines down to about 800m not counting supplementary stuff like starts by the end of the real SPP, more or less as Charlie showed it. The cutdown for me is averaging 550m, with basically 1 session of SE, one session of (over)speed, and no tempo.
John Smith does it about like this:
Last week of SPP: 4 workouts, 4 weight sessions (before track of course) lots of SE1
First cudown week: two workouts (one is only special endurance), 2 weight sessions
Second cutdown week: 1 workout, 1 start session, 2 weight sessions (VERY few reps)
Comp: no tempo, nothing over 80m or 90-90%, mostly starts and drills
The US professional season has really just started, and most people with John Smith have just started to race. Some, like Tyson and Allyson claim with a straight face that they haven’t really started speed work yet. No kidding.