Normal Service Has {Almost} Been Resumed

And yea,there was much rejoicing at Franklin Field,not a Jobsworth in sight,and how the runners did rejoice,for it is their choice to endure the self inflicted, gut wrenching,mind bending agony that is 6x600m repeats aka "The Death Zone".

After the eleventh hour change of rotation yesterday I arrived at Franklin Field at the slightly later time of 4.40pm....just in case Jobsworth was on duty again,no such worries,Kim was back on duty and the Penn athletes were already done so it was warm up and and have at it time and back into my 6x600m repeats.

#1,600m 68-37-1.45.65.I kind of knew I'd bitten off more than I could chew w/ a 68-37 opener,long term not a good thing as I'm a ways from opening at that pace and holding onto it,short term it's good to know I can pop a 1.45.65. 600m a seasons best.
#2,600m 1.13-35-1.48.19.even though I knew it couldn't last it was refreshing to be rippin' off sub 1.50s,time and hard work will see me getting back to 6 sub 1.50s.
#3,600m 1.12-37-1.49.24.While I was aware tonite lacked the consistency of my Jan 18th 6x6 1.50.44,1.51,93,1.51,21,1.50.01,1.55.20,1.51.84. I was at least faster,but I knew I was about to pay the price for my opening split.....don't do the crime if you can't do the time!
#4,600m 1.16-38-1.54.30.The cheque had been in the mail since the opener,once the genie is out of the bottle that's it so it was no surprise to see my split balloon upto 1.54.30.
#5,600m 1.17-41-1.58.35.No it's not pretty by any stretch however on Jan 12th after a three week absence of repeats I could only muster a pair of 2.00 repeats on 600s #4 &#5 off of slower previous 600s so I'm at least moving in the right direction.
#6,600m 1.14-36-1.50.42.I knew I needed to attack it from the start and aim for a 1.14/1.15 opening 400m,a closing 200m in 35 seconds would've been nice,34 is a tad to rich for my blood...for now but it's coming.

In a week where my schedule allows me three repeats I'm constantly checking the 5 day and 7 day forecast to see what the weather has in store,hopefully I can get my 6 miler in tomorrow.