Bring The Noise

I hadn,t ran a 6x600m repeat since that ill fated nite of Dec 11th when I felt the first pangs of what was to become the stress fracture that would derail my indoor season,w/the indoor season behind me it was time to return to "The Death Zone" and I wasn,t about to stick my big toe in to test the water.....this was going to be a full blown cannonball,6x600m at 1.50 per split,the only way I,m going to regain my speed is to cain my repeats,never mind working my way up slowly it,s "have at it" time!!!!
On a grey overcast evening a long sleeved running shirt and running tights were the wardrobe choice of the day,it was a tad brisk out there at 6pm this evening and following my stretches and mile warm up it was to time to revisit"The Death Zone.......mind numbing,gut wrenching,self inflicted pain....repeat"
As always it was important to get that first repeat right,1.11 at 400m and 1.49.83 at 600m,a 38 second closing 200m,a good start.The only mistake I made all evening was to lose focus on the opening 400m on #2,I clocked 1.14 at 400m and knew I had to work hard over the final 200m but not so hard that I,d wreck my remaining 4 repeats,driving down the back straight I was treading a fine line......1.51.00,are you kidding me!!!!37 seconds for 200m.
1.13 for my 3rd 400m,plenty of focus this time around and a 36 second 200m,1.49.53,so far so good,I felt was running ecomonically,so important in repeats but twice as important in 6x600m,no point feeling good for 3 or 4 if the bottom falls out on 5 or 6
1.11 for the opening 400m,36 seconds for the closing 200m,1.47.83,a whole 2 seconds faster than repeat #1 but no time to get carried away,4 repeats more or less inside the target time is fine,but I,m running 6.
Remarkably a 1.10 at 400m,now for the trick,don,t ease up too much but also keep something in reserve for repeat#6,another 36 second 200m,1.47.00,so close I could taste it.
1.14 for the opening 400m,a tad too conservative but since this was the final 200m I could lamp it.....and lamp it I did 34 seconds to finish off in 1.48.14,5 out of 6 and had it not,ve been for a momentry lapse in concentration on repeat#2 I would,ve nailed all 6 but this was another shot in the arm for my confidence so shot to ribbons a week ago in Boston but more repeats like this and it,ll be back.