4x4,Final 400m,400 Miles.....It,s All Relative

I won,t lie when GP first gave me this workout I was a tad concerned....I needn,t have worried,dispite logging another 6 miles{21 miles in the last 4 days,the week be last I logged 22 miles for the whole week}I cained this workout like a naughty school boy......flashback as I see myself getting a good old fashioned "six of the best"............moving on .....briskly!!!
The workout in it,s entirety was:mile warm up,mile of strides,4x400m 70 seconds per 400m w/ a 60 second recovery,800m jog,2,4000m,5 laps at 97 seconds w/ an all out final 400m,mile cool down.
After the mile warm up and mile of strides it was the 4x400m,opening 400m 67.23,it was important to set the tone early,it felt like a comfortable pace,65.70 for the second 400m,my only concern was shaving 3 to 5 seconds off the opening two 400s would leave me wanting on numbers three and four,no worries!!!67.30 for 400m #3 followed by a 65.48 for 400m #4.
Easy 800m jog b4 launching into my 2,400m,1.32 for the opening lap,5 seconds inside the 1.37 barrier,softly softly,catchy monkey,3.07 at 800m a 1.35 lap,another 1.35 lap,4.42 at 1,200m,for someone who frequently runs uneven pace,1.32,1.35,1.35,1.32 was pretty darn even.
7.41 at 2,000m,a 1.27 lap,GP,s instruction was on that last lap to snap my arm back at the begining of the lap and go like the clappers,I swear to God coming off that first turn and down the back straight for a split second it almost felt like the rest of my body was straining to keep up w/ my feet....I,m not making this up!!!
I crossed the finish line and hit my stop watch....would you believe it,the screen was blank,I,ve NEVER experienced that in the almost four years I,ve had that watch, and while I,m miffed beyond beliefe that I,ll never know what my closing split was I,m comfortable in the knowledge I mullered it!!
The mile cool down not only rounded out the workout to six miles but added to mile my warm up b4 switching to my racing flats meant mile 400 on these shoes,who doesn,t love symmetry!!