Going Solo

After last weeks epic 6x600m at sub 1.45 w/ the aid of Neil tonite I had to see if I could pull it off by myself,I was a little aprehensive going into the workout,it was a hot afternoon and w/out getting too graphic lets just say they were some rumblings of discontent"south of the border" b4 I got to Franklin Field and w/in minutes of begining my stretches,dispite this I carried on stretching and tried to put it out of my mind as best I could,as I always say"pain is temporary,glory lasts forever"
Stretches and mile warm up and mile of strides compleat it was time for the main event,GPs advice was try to keep the opening 400 at 1.10 pace,in recent weeks my opening lap has been fast but has lead to uneven pace,tonite the ploy was even pace getting the job done.
69 seconds,pretty close to the 1.10 I was looking for,an easy 33 seconds over the final 200m,1.42.73,a nice start
#2 was close to being a carbon copy,69 seconds,34 seconds,1.43.83,sofar things were feeling smooth and effortless,as long as I kept my pace even I,d be golden.
1.10/32 for #3,1.42.73,unlike last week when my opening 3 400s had gone 64,66,68,tonite I was running even pace,my closing 200s last week on those first 3 repeats had gone 35,36,35,tonite I,d gone 33,34,32.
Thanks in no small part to "an individual" I was forced to swing wide into lane 6 going into the opening turn{keep in mind at Franklin Field the inside 4 lanes are short of a full 400m and I tend to run in lane 5}this lead to a 68 second lap as I was worried I may,ve lost a second going wide,as it was I picked up a second as I probably sped up thinking I,d lost a second,33 seconds for the closing 200m,1.41.78,so far I,d been the model of consistancy.
I didn,t panic when my 5th 400m split read 1.12,granted there was a sense of urgency over the closing 200m as I strode to maintain my quest for another 6/6,but thanks to even and economic pace I was able to dial up a 31 second closing 200m,1.43.62,600m away from another 6/6 sub 1.45 6x600m.
Another 1.12 opening 400m,in time and we all know time stands for"Things I Must Earn"I,m gonna get my opening 400s at 1.10 for all 6 repeats,knowing this final 200m was my final one of the nite it was time to open up the throttle............30 seconds,1.42.75.................how,d ya like me now???!!!!the July 4th fireworks came a day early!!!!
The key tonite was running even and consistant,I,m glad I had a few weeks of running fast opening 400s and trying to hang on and dig deep on some of my final closing 200s but tonite this felt right,even pace,brisk closing 200m speed and above all another 6/6 sub 1.45{technically sub 1.43}6x600m,and tonite I did all by myself.