Little By Little

"True perfection has to be imperfect,I know that that sounds foolish but it's true,the day has come and now you have you accept the life inside your head we gave to you.
Y'know I didn't mean,what I just said,but my god woke up on the wrong side of his bed and it just don't matter now
Cos little by little we gave you everything you ever dreamed of,little by little the wheels of your life have slowly fallen off,little by little you have to live it all in all your life,and all this time I ask myself why are you really here?"
Little By Little Oasis

After last weeks first in and out 400s all I could ask of myself today was a little improvement,for those of you playing along at home my opening week splits were:21.00,22.34,60.83,60.64,62.00,64.93.6.11.26.
After I'd stretched and warmed up it was into my flats and ready for my 150m,250m jog,150m,250 jog opener.
21.89-23.00. a fraction slower than last week but in fairness the 150s aren't the meat and spuds of the workout,that said I still want them to be competitive.

400#1 my 150/100/150 splits went:23/12/25 for a 400 split of 60.94.again a fraction off of last week but a solid opening 400m
400#2, 23/12/26-61.55.the first marginally slower split but more to do w/ me easing up b4 the line to make sure there were still bullets in the chamber.
400#3,23/13/25/-61.96.just under last week 3rd 400,the difference this week was probably my arms not feeling tired and heavy.
400#4,24/13/26-63.84.almost a second faster than last week,trying to relax over the opening 150m seemed to be the difference.
Clearly there's still work to be done on the 400s but in a week I took 2 seconds off the previous weeks times.

And so to my "decathletes mile"I think I said last year when I first did this repeat that now I had an idea how those guys must feel after 9 events and they have to run a 1,500m,it's torture!
From the get go today I was clearly faster,my splits last week went:1.40,1.31,1.35,1.25-6.11.26.so when I clocked 1.32.after 400m I already knew I was on for something quicker.
3.07.at 800m off a 1.35. split,perhaps next week I could reverse the opening two lap splits?
3.37.at the bell,1.30,at this stage I was 9 seconds faster than last week.
5.55.34.thanks to a closing lap of 1.18. a far cry from the 1.25.I closed in last week and a 16 second improvement overall.
There's still aways to go yet but w/ 3 more of these repeats scheduled b4 Sept 26th I hope to keep chippin' away at the splits and keep bringing them down.