Precious Time

"Well let me tell you about the way she looked,the way she acted the colour of her hair
Her voice is soft and cool her eyes are clear and bright but she's not there"
She's Not There- Santana

What?you thought cos there was no new episode of "Doctor Who" I'd forgo my Saturday lyrical homage to Karen Gillan.....shame on you,the lack of a new episode brought about the Carlos Santana classic.
In spite of the fact that Franklin Field reopened this week and "claimed" they'd be open on the weekend,I feel they've burnt me once too often so I opted for Temple again,I've enjoyed working out there the last two Saturdays so why not continue?
I arrived there by 10am,a mile warm up b4 my core strength stretches,which are getting easier as I get back to doing them albeit only once a week...of course after Tuesday I up the total from 14 to 15,we'll see if I'm singing from that hymn sheet on June 4th!!

#1,1,000m 1.15-1.17-34-3.06.9.A nice opener,I knew I needed even pacing if I was going to do some damage period much less compared to either last week:3.02.9-3.05.5-3.05.3-3.09.7-3.05.3
or my previous 5x1,000m after 5x10 miles:3.11.8-3.16.6-3.14.6-3.27.8-3.13.0.
#2,1,000m 1.14-1.16-33-3.03.7.Wow somehow I had a feeling after 2 1,000s that maybe last weeks splits were going to be a blue print for today,something I dare not've dreamt on the back of a weeks worth of 5x10 miles.
#3,1,000m 1.15-1.15-34-3.04.9.Clearly no drop off after a pair of brisk opening 1,000s,a lot to be said for consistent pacing,by George I might finally be getting this pacing lark down pat!
#4,1,000m 1.17-1.16-33-3.06.6.You know you're doing something right when a 1.17 is your slowest split of the workout!
The penultimate repeat is usually the one that hurts irregardless of distance,clearly weeks and weeks of 45,50,55 miles a week is paying off.
#5,1,000m 1.15-1.14-31-3.00.9.This portion of my blog is brought to you by Kia Sorento...."how'd ya like me now"??!!
I said last week I felt a 3.00/sub 3.00 1,000m was coming...I just wasn't expecting it at the end of mile 54 for the week!
The fact I'd ran w/in myself on the previous 4 closing 200s meant when I dropped the hammer at the end I was able to close in 31 seconds.

To compare my previous effort at 5x10 miles/5x1,000m to today is like comparing chalk and cheese,obviously all the miles I've logged in the last 7 weeks are paying off and it'll be interesting to see what happens when I revisit this week at the end of June in 5 weeks time.
55 miles for the week, a rest day on tap for tomorrow b4 returning to the track Monday for 4x1 mile repeats as I get ready for next week and Friday's 5,000m race at Henderson.