3.15 The Gospel According To Top Cat

That old adage the best time to run is when you don't feel like it ran true this evening.
I'm not sure what it was,a hangover from Sunday's race,trying to get used to being back at work,coming to terms w/ life after ''The Queen Of The Slipstream"whatever it was I wasn't feeling it prior to arriving at Franklin Field.
Not only did I ditch my sleeveless shirt this evening but the first of the fall evenings complete w/ wind rattling through Franklin Field greeted my 5x1,000m repeats.

1,000m#1,1.16,1.19,38-3.13.23.I wanted to open in 1.16 as I felt that would set the tone for the workout,in all of my previous 6 1,000m repeats I'd failed to open in 1.16.
1,000m#2,1.18,1.21,38-3.17.03.A tad slower than I would've liked,I was miffed not to hold that opening 1.16 pace and also allow a 1.21 into the mix,granted my pace was slower than my recent opening ks but maybe that could work in my favour.
1,000m#3,1.19,1.20,36-3.15.63.Wow,take 2 seconds off my 3.17,put them on my opening 3.13 and I was holding a 3.15 average per split,w/ the wind picking up and the potential for fatigue to derail me I knew I had to focus.
1,000m#4,1.20,1.20,37-3.17.10.Finally a 4th 1,000 where I didn't implode,granted not going out gangbusters helped to aid and abet that but I have to confess that was more accident than design.
1,000m#5,1.19,1.19,35-3.13.38.Oh baby!inspite of the wind picking up and tired limbs I was able to close in an almost identical split to the one I opened w/.

My combined splits came out to 16.15. and I averaged 3.15 per repeat.granted not my fastest 5x1,000m repeats ,however my most consistant in less than favourable conditions.
If I wasn't feeling it on my way to Franklin Field I sure as hell was on the way home.