Saturday, January 16, 2010

Finishin' Strong

It's almost a month since my last set of mile repeats{Dec 18th}when I went:5.19.90,5.31.57,5.34.84,5.19.95,hardly earth shattering.
At least today was a lot warmer although there was a stiff breeze around the top turn and back straight but while shedding off my warm ups wasn't an option at least it was another day to be sans hat and gloves,as a wise man once told me"all of life's victories don't have to be on a grand scale"

Following my warm up mile and stretches it was showtime,the first mile repeats of the year.
#1 mile,1.22,1.28,1.28,1.21-5.39.00.Make that second and third lap 1.20 a piece and it's a 5.23 mile,all in good time.
#2 mile,1.22,1.28,1.26,1.17-5.33.20.Up on my toes unlike the opener that saw me flat on my feet and a 6 second improvement,while I was hoping for faster splits I was at least reducing my splits per mile.
#3 mile,1.24,1.28,1.29,1.21-5.42.85.The age old chestnut of mile 3 being the one to cause problems and while the splits were slow there was a consistency here today sometimes missing in my mile repeats.
#4 mile,1.21,1.25,1.26,69-5.21.72.When I began to pick up the pace at 650m I felt a faster time was on and I wasn't disappointed,anytime I can crank out a 69 second closing 400m I have to be pleased.

Ok the overall splits aren't great but I saw some signs today that better and faster times aren't too far off w/ a little bit of work.
I also thought ahead,say six months from now,what will my mile repeats in and around June 16th look like?
Tomorrow,rain permitting I'm looking at my first 6 day/30 mile week since the last week of May and historically when I put in 6 day/30 mile weeks over long and sustained periods is when I run my best and fastest times and knowing your history is a vital component in any walk of life.

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