Thursday, June 4, 2015

Money,I'm Telling You,It's The Targryen Blood In His Veins!!!!

I hope it's not de ja vu all over again but 10 years ago on the eve of my last big European running adventure{Athens Marathon} the freight elevator at work that connects the loading dock to the storeroom crapped out,mass carnage on the job for 9 to 10 weeks.....it wasn't fun.......
So,I'm 10 weeks out from Worlds in Lyon and guess what?????????YEP the fuckin' freight elevator crapped out again!!!!!!!!!Seriously I need a word w/ my ancestors cos this luck of the Irish blarney ain't cutting it!!!

10 years ago the motor burnt out on the elevator which required a new one being built from scratch hence why it was out of use for 10 weeks which believe me was a nightmare,this time out it sounds like it's a coil that's knackered so hopefully it's just a matter of finding a replacement,ordering it,having it delivered and fitted,the elevator tech told me it could be back up and running by Monday....a drop in the ocean  compared to 2005 but none the less a ballbuster for my job which is complicated enough w/ the day to day stuff let alone no friggin' elevator!
Upshot of yesterday no lunch which is one thing but on a day I planned to hit the track on the way home thay kind of sucked.....hey ho.

Arrived at Geasey Field at 4.05pm,nobody on the track which is always a good sign,five lap warm up b4 "have at it time" today's bill o fare 5x200m/4x300m/3x200m
Last time out over this repeat on Mar 15th I went:
30.19
30.94
32.60
33.00
34.01

50.64
52.64
52.53
54.34

34.54
34.08
34.97

This was 7 seconds slower than my previous go round on this repeat but w/ 11 weeks elapsed since then I was confident I could lower those splits this time out......

5x200m
32.84
32.78
33.14
31.75
33.33
Not too shabby if I say so myself,a tad miffed #3 and #5 along the back straight were effected by the wind otherwise I could've had 32s on 4 out of 5.....

4x300m
49.20
50.59
50.31
50.53

BOO FRICKIN' YAR!!!!
I hit tose suckers out of the park compared to March 15th,was feeling it at 200m on  #3 but managed to keep it going.

3x200m
32.51
33.42
32.10
No let up in the final 200s,again that sodding headwind along the back straight cost me a second....

A 12 second improvement on the March 15th effort which on it's own merit is a feather in my bandanna....the fact after the opening three 200s I was 5 seconds "in the hole" speaks volumes of what I did in the 300s and final 200s.
After a crapfest at work to go to the track and do what I did was pleasing......not to mention a nice way to forget what happened on the job and what I might be walking into tomorrow......I was so giddy when I got home even the cat got an extra hug and kiss off me!!!!

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