Good job I watched the highlites from Zurich's Diamond League meet last nite as the weekend is jammed w/ sport,soccer,US Open semis and finals,Rugby World Cup,college football and the opening weekend of the NFL season,and somewhere in between all this I have episodes of "Rescue Me" and "Sons Of Anarchy" to watch.......good job I've got Monday off work for a doctors appointment!!!
It goes w/out saying that all of that stuff plays second fiddle to my 3x2mile repeats today and 12 miler tomorrow,was out the door by 9.30am this morning to reach the track at Temple by 10.20am for my second to last 3x2mile repeats b4 a three week race schedule kicks off at 5th Avenue Mile in a fortnites time.
Conditions were deceptive,when I arrived the sky was grey and overcast but early on into repeat #1 the sun came out from behind the clouds and the sun was quite happy to make my sweat glands work overtime,I cherish theses days as I know when I return to the realm of 3x2mile repeats post 5th Avenue Mile,Syracuse and Jack St Clare on October 15th the days of shades,shorts and sleeveless running shirts will be on a week to week basis.
#1 repeat 1.21.2-1.26.5-1.25.0-1.24.8-1.24.8-1.24.2-1.23.0-1.16.1-11.05.8.Eventually I believe I'll clock a sub 11 minute 2 mile repeat I came close 2 weeks ago w/ a 11.03.7. and today wasn't that far off,a 5.37 opening mile.
#2 repeat 1.22.9-1.25.5-1.26.2-1.25.8-1.27.6-1.27.0-1.25.7-1.21.3-11.20.3.Two weeks ago after opening w/ a 11.03.7. I followed up w/ 11.31.3. in terms of plus/minus I was now plus 9 heading into the final repeat,did I have the horses left to close strong?
#3 repeat 1.25.0-1.28.2-1.29.7-1.30.8-1.32.2-1.34.1-1.31.5-1.17.9-11.49.7.Sadly no! I felt leg weary on the opening lap on route to a 1.25.0 and the writing was very much on the wall,the fact that 2 weeks ago my slowest split of the 24 laps was a 1.28 but today laps 4-7 were the dreaded 1.30 and above which always signals the "kiss of death"on my repeats underlines the difference from then and today.
I'd like to think having to run an easy 6 miles yesterday didn't effect me,granted I prefer a rest day prior to my track repeats but sometimes that just isn't possible as Tuesdays rain out proved this week,in some respects this week has just been "one of those weeks" where the Status Quo of things just got thrown for a loop,I've said b4 and continue to state that in running as is in life it's not facing adversity that counts,it's how you deal w/ it,clearly my spectacular crash and burn over the second half of Wednesdays fast 8 miler and my inability to hold on to sub 1.30 pace over the final 2 miles today cost me but that's running and that's life.
I'll look to at least round out the week w/ a 12 miler tomorrow and then hope for a more conventional week next week period but being the last of phase one of my fall training schedule I'd like it to be a solid week.
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