Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Close,Not Close Enough

As the first phase of my training winds down this afternoon I took my last solo mile for a while.
After my fiveteen minutes of stretching and easy mile it was time to go for it one last time.
1.12.after 400m,a brisk opening lap given the heat.
2.27.at 800m off a 1.15.split,my best 800m split to date.
3.46.at the bell,somewhat of a benchmark in recent miles,frustratingly a 1.19. split.
68.for the final lap,4.54.79.compared to Monday's 4.54.51.
It felt like it was that third lap today that cost me, on Monday I went,72,77,77,68.today I went
72.75,79,68.
Anytime I can run a 4.54.mile and be disappointed I guess that says something of how high I've set the bar for myself.
Friday sees my first 4x1 mile repeat since May 2nd.

2 comments:

dinklesnaps said...

Good luck. How much recovery will you give yourself for the 4x1 mile?

kevin f forde said...

The usual,5 minutes