Saturday, August 20, 2011

Getting To Grips W/ Vertigo

If' it's Saturday then it's 3x2 mile repeats at Temple.
I was disappointed w/ last weeks performance but all the factors that I believe went into that{fatigue,having to run the day b4,a clunky stopwatch and not being able to eat b4 the run} were non existent today,I also hoped to build on the good 8 miler I ran on Monday and Wednesdays hill repeats.
Arriving at Temple just b4 10am conditions were ideal,warm but no humidity and no wind on the back straight{not always the case there}and next to nobody using the track which always helps, but when you're running 24 laps even more so!!!
Mile warm up and then showtime.

#1 repeat 1.19.6.1.26.0.1.27.5.1.26.9.1.27.9.1.27.8.1.24.9.1.21.0-11.22.0.A solid opener and very consistent,I came through the opening mile 5.40.2.,11.22.0 is my third fastest split to date.

#2 repeat 1.21.7.1.27.2.1.27.6.1.28.0.1.27.8.1.31.2.1.24.7.1.16.1.-11.24.6.Oh for lap 6 over again!!not sure if that was a mental or physical let down but it would prove to be my slowest lap of the entire session,I said in week 2 once I began to eliminate the 1.30 laps on this repeat I would be getting somewhere,I'm that close,a 5.44.6. opening mile.

#3 repeat 1.25.6.1.28.6.???1.29.6.1.27.7.1.27.6.???1.13.7.-11.30.1.Due to a stopwatch malfunction I don't have splits for lap 3 and lap 7(sorry!) but again very consistent lap splits and a 1.13 closing lap(very nice!!).

In week 2 I went:11.21.2.-11.40.9-11.46.2. today:11.22.0.-11.24.6-11.30. and while I'm far from being where I need to be I'm getting there,fingers crossed tomorrow's planned 12 miler doesn't get rained out and I can log my first 50 mile week since early May,between the Iron pills,Vit C and nudging my mileage up I believe I can get where I need to be to have a decent crack at my oldest pr the 10k road,34.53 set all the way back in 84 in only my second ever 10k,more importantly I'd like to halt the up and down nature of these 3x2 mile repeats,weeks #1 and #3 left a lot to be desired,weeks #2 and #4 were marked improvements,let's see what next week has in store?


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