Money,It's The Shoes

Looking to halt a slide of bad days that began Friday when I got blown all over the track during my mile repeats and ended this morning w/ the news that a fellow runner and blogger had suffered a dnf at the Marine Corp Marathon yesterday{so sorry nyflygirl,better luck next time}I arrived at Franklin Field w/ my mind very much on a decent 6x600m repeat.

Prior to the workout I had opted to try wearing my racing flats again,6 weeks into my recovery I wore them for two repeats and backed off as my achilles began to hurt again,now some 6 weeks on from then I felt it was time to test the waters again,I had toyed w/ the idea of switching from my running shoes into my flats for the last couple of repeats,the fly in the ointment w/ that on 600s and 1,000s is my recovery is only 3 minutes,by the time I've drawn breath and switched shoes my three minutes are up and I've still got to get back over to the starting line for the next repeat so I went w/ the flats from the get go and hoped for the best,my run of bad luck had to end at some time didn't it.........?

600#1,69,39-1.48.18.Another lively opening 400m split,w/ indoor season on the horizon and the need to post a decent 400m time to secure my place on the Millrose 4x400m relay the 69 second 400m boosts my confidence of a decent 400m time in an open 400m race.
600#2,69,37-1.46.06.Back to back sub 70 second opening 400s could I keep this up or would it come back to bite me in the rear come repeats 5&6?
600#3,71,36-1.47.65.Having gone 3/6 last week in my season debut over 6x600m my first goal tonite was to go at least 4/6,thus far I was on pace and hopefully running w/in myself to have gas left in the tank.
600#4,70,35-1.45.98.4/4 and my first 1.45 600m of the year,the next progressive step after coming to terms w/ 6/6 600s at 1.50 is to get back down to 1.45s,all in good time.
600#5,74,34-1.48.43.I didn't panic when I saw 74 at 400m,having ran reasonably consistently over the opening 4 600s had allowed me to have reserves to go to when I needed them.
600#6,73,34-1.47.94.How'd ya like me now???a remarkable performance for only my second 6x600s this year and w/out a doubt the best repeat workout in my 13 week post injury return to training.

So the 64 billion dollar question? was it the flats that made the difference? it's hard to make a case against them I don't believe in coincidence 4oz compared to 12oz on my feet has to factor in,the key will be how my achilles reacts in the next 48 hours b4 trying to run my 5x1,000m in my flats.
Have I turned a corner? it's perhaps too early to tell but this was the shot in the arm my training needed and I hope the upturn in fortunes my life needed,time as ever will tell.