Out W/ The Old.......

I began the year w/ a 16 miler on New Years Day and ended the year on New Years Eve w/ 5x1,000m to finish the year w/ 2,128 miles,93 shy of 2010's tally of 2,221.
I got lucky today the temps were in the mid 50's at 2pm when I arrived at a near deserted Temple track,being able to strip down to a base layer of clothing to run was an added bonus....I'm sure there'll be plenty of opportunities to bundle up like the friggin Michelin Man b4 the end of winter!!!

Mile warm up b4 getting into my flats one last time this year and having at it over 5x1,000m keeping in mind on my debut on Dec 4th I went :3.08.3-3.11.7.-3.10.6-3.14.5.-3.11.2.

#1 1,000m 1.17-1.19-35-3.11.4.Not a bad start if I say so myself,I was hoping to open in 1.16-1.17 and hold close to that.

#2 1,000m 1.16-1.20-35.-3.11.0.So far so good my splits may not be spectacular but they are at least consistent.

#3 1,000m 1.16-1.19-37-3.12.2.This should've been a third 3.11 when I saw 2.35 at 800m I probably eased off the gas a little instead of working the final turn.

#4 1,000m 1.16-1.20-36-3.12.3.Again a 3.11 there for the taking if I hadn't had to swing out into lane 3 20 meters from the end of my second 400m..... thanks bitches!!!

#5 1,000m 1.20-1.20-34-3.14.9.I was surprised and disappointed to see 1.20 after 400m I felt I was running as well as I had on my previous 4 opening laps.
At least I didn't go into the tank altogether as I notched a second 1.20 and had I not've tied up a little in the final 20 meters I could've gotten into the high 12's,low 13's.

All in all a satisfactory workout,they're still a work in progress,hopefully today bodes well for next Sundays 4x1mile repeats.