When I first arrived at the track by 1.05pm I thought I was in good shape......till I hit the bottom turn which was still covered in snow and ice,sadly that corner of the track is obscured by a 5 storey car park on the corner of Sydenham St and Montgomery Ave and the new building on Broad St that backs on to 15th St so the sun has a hard time getting to it hence the 100m section of snow around the bend.....glass half full at least the other 300m of the track was snow free!!!
Just my luck that today was 5x1,000m and I'd have to negotiate that turn twice at 200m and 600m....could have been worse I could have had 4x1 mile repeats on tap!!!
Following my 6 lap warm up where I tried to work out the best "lie of the land" around the turn I prepared myself for my first 5x1,000m since October 12th.....here goes nothin'!!
#1 1,000m
1.19-1.28-36=3.23.4
I knew not to go out "all guns blazin" but frankly that second 400m of 1.28 told me what lay in store for the session.
#2 1,000m
1.23-1.31-38=3.32.1
Again a semi decent openeing lap undone by a slower second lap,maybe I needed to change up my route thro the snow?
#3 1,000m
1.27-1.30-42=3.39.1
By now I fear the damage was done,all that going through the snow had sapped my strength and switching to the outside of lane 2 where the foot prints had left a path was probably too little too late,not to hen mention having to cut back into lane one at 300m and 700m
#4 1,000m
1.28-1.31-41=3.40.6
At this stage all I could do was "grin and bare it" and at least see it through to the end.....the very bitter end!
#5 1,000m
1.29-1.31-36=3.36.2
At least the closing 200m would be "highlight reel worthy" but other than that a sub par overall performance.
Obviously the snow on the bottom bend fucked up the whole repeat but I had to deal w/ what was on offer and all I can hope is come next Saturday when I next return for 4x1 mile repeats the track is a snow free zone
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