"October,and the trees were stripped bare of all they were,what do I care,October kingdoms rise,and kingdoms fall,but you go on and on"
October U2
Following all the hoopla of 5th Avenue Mile and all the accolades that came w/ it it was time to knuckle down and get ready for Sunday's 5k in Syracuse.
I arrived at Franklin Field at lunch time knowing this was my last 5x1,000m repeat b4 leaving for Syracuse this weekend,like all final workouts you want it to be a good one to send you off on a good note.
1,000m#1,1.14,1.18,38-3.10.20.a strong opener,unlike recent weeks I didn't want to open in a brisk sub 3.10 as I doubted my mini vacation in New York would afford me my best today
1,000m#2,1.14,1.19,36-3.09.79.a near carbon copy of repeat#1 at this stage I was confident of a solid workout.
1,000m#3,1.17,1.21,37-3.15.51.the proverbial writing was on the wall w/ that 1.21 split,several days of having my schedule disrupted was about to catch up w/ me I feared.
1,000m#4,1.22,1.25,41-3.28.23.of the 30 1,000m repeats I ran in my build up for Syracuse this was my slowest,even my #4 in the rain on 9.11 was 3 seconds faster.
1,000m#5,1.20,1.22,34-3.16.53.I'll take a closing 3.16 k on Sunday.
My combined time was 16.18,to give me the following times for the last six week:16.19,15.59,16.14,15.53,15.53,16.18,would I have liked a better final workout?yes but I felt going into today that I wasn't going to be at my sharpest so it is what it is and following tomorrows easy 5k I'll have done all I can to prepare for Sunday,to quote Queen"It's In The Lap Of The Gods"
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Given these workout times, what are you hoping to run in the 5K?
While some subscribe to the theory that 5x1k w/ a 400m jog/3 min recovery is an accurate 5k I'm not so sure,my 5k pr is 16.44,my masters 5k pr is 17.09,I'd like to go sub 16.44 obviously,kill two birds w/ one stone,we'll see what Sunday brings
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