Off To The Races

In a week that,s the Cheltenham Horse Festival back home today saw me get my serious gallop on w/ the going good to firm.
Due to my trip to Boston and the subsequent fall out from the snow I hadn,t been able to conduct a 2x1,000m repeat since Feb 19th and that had been my first 2x1,000s since Nov 7th so you can imagine my desire to have at it this evening.
Conditions were ideal,sunny and warm,next to no wind,my hope was to go through the opening 400m in somewhere between 72 and 74 seconds,so imagine my surprize to clock 69 seconds,I knew from my breathing at 300m I was on for something fast.
2.20 at 800m a 71 second split,last time out I went 74/76 b4 a closing 200m of 30 to clock 3.00.65,today I also closed in 30 but this time to clock 2.50.55.
Following my 10 minute recovery I was back on my horse for round two, a 70 second opener,I was pleasently surprized to see my opening three 400s all w/in 3 seconds of eachother.
2.24. at 800m a 74 second split,if I was disappointed it didn,t last,I powered through the closing 200m to rack up another 30 second 200m and clock a 2.54.99.
I have to be happy w/ this performance 5 seconds off repeat #1,7 seconds off of repeat #2 on this form and Tuesdays 400s I feel my first sub 5 mile is on Saturday,Dib thinks it could be more than one,we,ll see won,t we?