Glass Half Full

Mother nature stuck her two cents in yesterday and not only scuppered a track workout but a run of any sort,glass half empty it not only throws a monkey wrench into my weekly milage but it also throws my rotation off,now I,m faced w/ track workouts Tue and Thur w/ a meet on Sat,not ideal but I have no control over that,glass half full I got a rest day I wouldn,t have gotten otherwise.
Showing up at Franklin Field today had that"after the lord mayors show"feel to it,Saturday there were 49,831 fans in attendance today the stands were empty but that,s what makes running Penn Relays special because it,s not every day you get to run in front of that size crowd.Following my stretches and mile warm up and mile of strides it was into "The Death Zone"6x600m,target time 1.50 or under,2.5 mins recovery.
Damn! a 69 second opening 400m,brisk was putting it mildly!!,I eased down over the closing 200m to clock 1.46.78, a 37 second 200m, a little lively to say the least,1.12 for the next 400m followed by a 34 second 200m,1.46.46,two choices now,ease off or keep cranking it out....did somebody say plan b?
1.10 at 400m followed by a 36 second 200m,1.46.27, back to back to back 1.46s was not in the script and now it was a question of if I could hold onto that pace?Alas no,I was sucking air early on on #4 and went through 400m in 1.14,a laboured 37 second 200m earnt me a 1.51.53,I might,ve gotten under 1.50 had I not had to switch lanes down the back straight but the truth of the matter was I was paying for my early pace,live by the sword,die by the sword.
That strenght I felt in the opening 3 repeats was now gone,I was really having to work hard now,1.16 at 400m,39 seconds for the 200m,1.55.88,the wind on the home straight was getting harded and harder to combat.
1.17 for my final 400m,that,s pretty dire and it was all I could do to muster a 37 second closing 200m to clock 1.54.03,granted two weeks ago I went 5/6 w/ 1.51 as my slowest split but only 1.47 as my fastest,today I may,ve ballooned up to 1.55 for my slowest split but I,d clocked 1.46 three times in a row and frankly if I can crank out back to back to back 600s at 1.46 when I,m not going full tilt it means I may need to rethink my 800m target time in Saturdays race,like I said glass half full.