If yesterday was about the three Ss today was about the three Ds,Drive,Determination,Desire and if I want to make it four Ds you can add drenched cos I got soaked to the skin this evening!! B4 I go any further a shout out to the peeps at LOLCAT who've been providing me the cat photos of late,as the photo and title suggest I wasn't sure what to expect from myself or the weather,the weather sucked,I surprised myself.
The rain had stopped b4 I began to make my way to Roxboro but three quarters of the way there the heavens reopened and how,but what the frig I didn't schlep all the way to Roxboro to just turn around and come home did I?and upside the rain would keep the track clear for me and after last week wasn't it just about getting on a friggin' track and doing some repeats??
The original game plan was 8x1,000m but in this rain forget it"back in the day"{07/08} I was no stranger to 2x1,000m in the rain but I couldn't see doing eight in this rain so plan b 20x200m.
This is a new repeat.....well I'm sure it's been around for years but I've never done it b4,in some respects it was a win/win no expectations so rain or no rain have at it.
I set 37 seconds as my benchmark,why 37?37/37=1.14 which is what I'd like my 5,000m pace to be,I had no idea what to expect,what I got was
33.16-35.47-34.54-35.60-34.22-34.80-34.14-36.21-35.33-35.87-34.09-35.84-33.71-36.20-34.14-34.68-34.33-34.13-34.91-33.18.
I have to say I'm pleased,all 20 under 37,only 2 at 36 and 10 at 34 and in the rain too,if ever I needed a boost to my confidence it was this,the bad race on April 2nd and the crap week right after had allowed some negative thoughts to creep in and while one swallow does not a summer make"it's a start and something to build upon,while I'm not a big lover of the trip to and from Roxboro much less the track it looks like it's going to be Tuesdays at Roxboro for the next few weeks,fingers crossed Temple will be available Saturday as yet again I'll strive for the elusive 8x1,000m repeat
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