In Circles

''Where were you when the stars went out?the sun went down everyone stayed in.
Where were you when they burnt the flag?the shit hit the fan everyone said"man"
I revolve around the sun,I'm high on life I'm overcome,nothing else matters everything counts
In the here and the now in these moments as we speak as I live and I breathe in circles"
In Circles-Mike Peters

Happy St David's Day to any Welsh readers out there....not that I think for one second the likes of Charlotte Church or Catherine Zeta Jones read my blog....but Charlotte if you're reading this.....call me......
The Mike Peters lyrics is part tip o the hat to St David's Day but also a play on the fact tonite was my first track repeat since Feb 4th,also a 5x1,000m.
Conditions were great,46 degrees and sunny,I ditched the ski hat and gloves but continued to wear a base layer under my warm ups,it may be another month b4 I ditch the warm ups but one advantage I had tonite was sunset wasn't till 5.52pm,from here on in till late October I should be finishing my workouts in daylite.

Last time out I went:3.26.18,-3.18.06,-3.15.82,-3.13.81,-3.15.85.I was concerned that a 25 day absence from repeats may have an effect tonite.....I needn't have worried!
#1,1000m 1.13-1.19-40-3.12.83.The last thing I needed was a 73 second opening lap but w/ my typical deft precision I went out like the clappers over the opening 400m and had to throw the brakes on for the closing 600m...good to see my ability to misjudge my opening pace is still there after over three weeks off...
#2,1000m 1.16-1.19-39-3.14.11.A little more respectable and responsible this time out,going into this repeat this evening I felt 3.15 was a good average per 1,000m to shoot for and this was close to it.
#3,1,000m 1.17-1.19-37-3.13.18.Coming off the final turn I felt I picked it up to notch another 3.13. split just like#4 last time out,question was when would that opening lap of 73 seconds come back to bite me in the arse?
#4,1000m 1.18-1.20-37-3.15.94.I knew I had to find the right pace off the bat,too slow and dig a hole for myself,too brisk and deplete the reserves b4 the 5th and final repeat,shame about the 1.20 creeping in,it says a lot when I bemoan a 1.20 split in my 1000s
#5,1000m 1.19-1.19-34-3.12.80.BOYAH!! Anytime you close faster than you opened is great but considering that my middle splits weren't too shabby either this was a great repeat period much less off a 25 day layoff....the 115 miles in between haven't hindered that's for sure.

Given I'm racing Saturday it was omni important to get my one and only repeat in today or tomorrow to allow ample recovery time,getting it in today gives me a great platform to build on for the rest of the week,the mileage route is working for me,a few good repeats per week should set me up nicely I think.