It's been said a week is a long time in masters track,after the highs of last week and the fact this week for whatever reason/reasons I've failed to match what I was able to do last week I'd have to agree w/ that.
After last weeks 5.21.1-5.20.9.-5.20.3-5.17.4. I was hoping to kick on from there today w/ mile repeats again.
Following last weeks schedule of getting up at 7am,leaving for the track by 8am and arriving by 9am and all done by 10am I was up at 7am again today and out the front door by 8am to arrive at Temple's track by 8.40am,6 lap warm up b4 switching into my flats and time to have at it again.
Mile #1 1.21-1.25-1.24-1.14-5.24.8.The 1.25/1.24s in the middle of the repeat clearly hindered my hopes of a 5.20 mile,I said last week I need to eliminate those 1.24/1.25 splits if I want these 5.20 miles.
Mile #2 1.20-1.23-1.23-1.14-5.20.7.A little more like it,nice to see those 1.14s in there,getting to 5.20 is one thing,getting to 5.10,5.05,5.00 and below will require some work.
Mile #3 1.23-1.24-1.23-1.18-5.28.0.Emm..........my calves were both a little sore going into this repeat,something I didn't encounter a week ago,also if I turned those 1.23/1.24s into 1.20s I'd have been looking at 5.18,food for thought.
Mile #4 1.22-1.27-1.26-1.18-5.33.4.No bite or zip in my legs on laps 2 and 3 as I had to settle for a lackluster 5.33 final mile
As is often the case as soon as the workout was done the inquest began,was last week a one off?did I just not have it this week?do I need more repartition in my workouts? and so the time honoured 20 questions began.
If and it's a big if, if I do need more repartition in my workouts my schedule is kind of working against me but it is doable to get on the track twice a week,next week I race Tuesday but can back here Saturday,the following two weeks get a little tricky w/ flying to and from Sacramento but are doable if I tweak my schedule, leaving the week b4 Nationals as my final week w/ 2 trips to the track.....food for thought.
As I rode home on the subway a line from "Sometimes" by Midnight Oil struck a cord w/ me
"sometimes you're beaten to the call sometimes,sometimes you're taken to the wall,but you don't give in"
Words to live by.
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