9 Lives

Thankfully I didn't used up any of my nine lives this afternoon in order to get my 5x1,000m repeats in at 4pm on Temple's track.
According to trusty AOL Weather it was 91 degrees but would feel like 96 at 4pm and of course there was always the issue of the heat coming off of an all weather track but to be honest it didn't feel that bad out there.
My last 1,000m repeats were way back on May 3rd when I ran 8 of them,in fact my last set of 5x1,000m repeats were ran way back on March 26th and I went:3.05.2.-3.11.7.-3.13.9.-3.15.4.-3.12.5.
To be honest I went into today w/ no set time in mind,I felt 3.10 was a tad overly optimistic and something between 3.15-3.20 might be more realistic,following my 6 lap warm up and trust me I was warm enough, it was have at it time!

#1 1,000m 1.16-1.19-37-3.12.2.A nice start if I say so myself,the trick would be keeping that going for the next 4 1,000s.
#2 1,000m 1.19.-1.20-37-3.16.1.Hanging in there,having been doing 4x1 mile repeats and 3x2 mile repeats of late the shorter faster stuff was a bit of a shock to the system and let's face it my repeats of late had all been mid morning and lunchtime last Wednesday doing repeats at 4pm was a bit of a jolt.
#3 1,000m 1.21-1.23-36-3.20.7.The rot starting to set in? I know my breathing isn't where I'd like it to be right now due to my condition and I can feel my knee lift and leg turn over not where I'd like them to be but the old "silk purse,pig's ear"mindset keeps me from getting too down on myself,I can only do what my body allows me to,not what I want it to.
#4 1,000m 1.20-1.26-33.-3.19.2.At least my body knew the severity of a 2.44 800m split and the need to hail arse over the closing 200m in 33 seconds to stay under the 3.20 barrier,but 1.26 sucks for a split!
#5 1,000m 1.23-1.23-33.-3.19.3.When I opened in 1.23 I knew I needed to try and stay calm,while my form felt good I could tell my knee lift and leg turn over were below the level I'd prefer but much to my delight when I came through 800m in 2.46 I felt another decent closing 200m would do the trick,another 33 second 200m another sub 3.20 repeat.

Sure there's a long way to go,not just in my repeats but in my overall recovery{sidebar it's now 3 weeks since my doctors visit and 2 weeks since my blood work.....and I still DON'T have the results....remind me in November to change doctors offices and health coverage cos this shit ain't worth the over $50 a month I'm paying!!!!}so I'll take tonite in my stride,it remains to be seen how many more 5x1,000 repeats I'll do,as memory serve from last year by late August/early September access to the track at Temple became a crap shoot during the week once fall semester began and my weekend repeats will be geared towards the 3x2 mile variety but all in all tonite wasn't too bad....it was after all 91 frickin' degrees out there!!!