Trial Of Miles

First of all apologies for being a day late w/ this entry,blame it on Irene!
Given what was on tap w/ the weather this weekend I knew getting my 3x2 mile repeats in on Saturday b4 the brunt of Irene hit was crucial,granted missing out on my Sunday long run will be a pisser if it doesn't happen but if I could only get one of the two runs in this weekend I'd have gone w/ the 3x2 mile repeats,having seen an improvement in my times last week I was keen to at least try and continue to press home that advantage.
I arrived at Temple just b4 10.40am,a little later than usual but wasn't too concerned w/ that my main concern was the weather holding during the repeats,the skies were grey and overcast but w/ a heavy air of humidity as I conducted my 6 lap warm up.

#1 repeat 1.20.5-1.24.1-1.26.2-1.22.1-1.24.1-1.24.8-1.23.1-1.18.7-11.03.7.Wow,my fastest 2 mile repeat to date(eclipsing my very first repeat on July 2nd of 11.08.4.)Clearly the key was even pace,was I tempted to drop the hammer on the final to get my first sub 11? sure but I wanted to look at the bigger picture,following my 11.08.4. I blew the fuck up but that was 8 weeks ago as a 3x2 mile rookie I feel I'm learning how to come to grips w/ this repeat now.

#2 repeat 1.23.4-1.28.3-1.29.5-1.28.0-1.28.6-1.27.4-1.26.7.-1.19.1.-11.31.3.I knew from the opening lap I wasn't moving as fluently as I had on the previous repeat but at least when I saw the 1.29.5 on lap 3 I knew the need to get my head back in the game and managed to keep the repeats below that over the final 5 laps.

#3 repeat 1.26.2-1.26.7-1.27.6-1.27.3-1.25.8-1.24.8-1.22.2-1.14.7-11.15.5.Yes! having talked about looking to erase the 1.30 laps a few weeks back I managed that today throughout the entire session which is something I want to build on but also the fact I rebounded from the 11.31.3. to drop a 11.15.5. is also very pleasing as in one session I notched my two fastest repeats.

The key now is to keep building on this,I have another three weeks of 3x2 mile repeats b4 a run of three back to back races so it's of the utmost importance to keep pressing home the gains I've been making in the past two weeks.