The Return Of The Thin White Duke

After a 3 week race induced hiatus from my Saturday date w/ vertigo.....or as I like to call it 3x2 mile repeats it was back to the track at Temple this morning for my second to last crack at them b4 the November 6th Bridge Run 10k in 3 weeks time.
While the sun might've been shining there was a strong breeze swirling across the track when I arrive at 10.20am,how strong you ask?....at the northeast corner of the track there are two poles w/ what look like miniature jet propellers on them my guess is they are a wind gauge of some sort,anywho those suckers were working overtime this morning I doubt they stopped rotating the entire time I was there this morning.
Following my mile warm up it was time to shed the long sleeve warm up and three quarter length bottoms don my flats and have at it a 9th time since I first began this workout a week b4 Worlds all the way back at the beginning of July (July 2nd)

#1 repeat 1.21.0.-1.24.7.-1.26.0.-1.24.3.-1.26.6.-1.25.4.-1.22.0-1.15.1-11.05.5.
An ok start,I came through the opening mile in 5.36.2. which told me a 4th sub 11 repeat probably wasn't going to happen but a negative split of 5.36/5.29 gave me a semi respectable 11.05.5.,when I opened in 11.05.8. on September 10th I could only muster 11.20.3. and 11.49.7. on #2 and #3,how much stronger am I now some 5 weeks later?

#2 repeat 1.20.5.-1.23.6.-1.24.8.-1.25.3.-1.25.3.-1.25.8.-1.26.9.-1.19.3.-11.11.8.
Coming through the mile in 5.34.3. it looked like I might challenge my opening 11.05.5. but somehow it managed to get away from me,I'm not sure I've ever strung together three almost identical splits like I did on laps 4,5 and 6.

#3 repeat 1.21.0.-1.25.0.-1.25.1.-1.27.3.-1.26.4.-1.26.0.-1.27.2.-1.14.0.-11.12.3.
Well if nothing else at least I was consistent,not just on #3 but throughout the entire 24 laps,if I could've keep laps 4 and 7 at 1.26 and not 1.27 I would've crept under the 11.11.8. on #2

While obviously disappointed I couldn't duplicate my previous outing(10.48.3. 10.54.5. 10.43.4.) that came as a result of 6 weeks of consistent chipping away at the previous weeks times it would be naive to think a three week absence from repeats would afford me the luxury of steeping back in where I left off,not to mention having to cope w/ a very strong headwind throughout most of the entire workout.
That said this still represents my second best set of splits on this workout and unlike the Sept 10th drop off after opening in 11.05.8. today I hung in there.

Another race next Saturday, Masters 5k xc in Rochester means I only have one more crack at the 3x2 mile repeat on October 29th b4 the Bridge Run,let's hope for a lot less wind that Saturday and the same level of consistency as today