NOT What I Had In Mind......

The last thing I needed w/ only two repeats b4 Nationals was a sub par performance which is exactly what I got on Saturday over 4x1 mile
It was already shaping up for beaing a warm one when I arrived at Geasey Field at 10.15am but I won't cite the heat as an excuse just a fact,I did my usual 1 mile warm up and prepared to throw down one last set of mile repeats b4 Winston Salem and Nationals in three weeks time,last time out three weeks ago I went:
5.19.4 5.23.3 5.29.5 5.29.0

#1 mile
1.18-1.24-1.24-1.19=5.25.7
A reasonable start even if I was already 6 seconds in the hole,things weren't helped by a stopwatch malfunction on lap 1 which forced me to start over again.....a precursor to what was about to unfold......

#2 mile
1.22-1.26-1.27-1.21=5.36.0
The unwelcome return of 1.26-1.27 splits was pretty much the writing on the wall,if I didn't already know it I was in for a long morning

#3 mile
1.24-1.26-1.28-1.25=5.43.3
CRUD! Which not only summed up my performance but how my legs felt,it's been a while since my legs felt this dead at this stage I was just going through the motions and while the temptation to "call time of death" and end it while well and truly behind the eight ball was great even on a sub par day it's been my policy to finish what I started,no matter how crap it's going.

#4 mile
1.27-1.30-1.24-1.20=5.41.4
Hard to get carried away w/ a closing lap of 1.20 when you've opened in 1.27-1.30.....

Other than the "it was just one of those days" I have precious little to offer in defence of my less than steller performance,and while "shit happens" from time to time I could've done w/out it on this performance so close to Nationals but as I always say in running as in life you'll face adversity......it's how you deal w/ it that matters