No Rain,No Band Practice,No Worries

After two days of planning to run repeats but being thwarted by rain and band practice....yes I said band practice I was hoping to get on the track this evening to run,if tonite had gone tits up for whatever reason I was looking at either repeats tomorrow and Saturday or just Saturday and then being forced to choose between my 2x150m,4x400m,decathletes mile or mile repeats,thankfully it never came to that,despite grey skies the rain stayed away and frankly after an at times infuriating day at work I was looking to blow off some steam via my repeats.

After my 5 lap warm up and stretches it was time to have at it,I had a feeling tonites repeats may suffer from the fact there were more people on the track than usual which would mean weaving in and out,never an ideal thing on repeats but sometimes it can't be helped,in running as is in life,you play the hand you're dealt.

2x150m-21.55-22.28.Having gotten a pair of 21s in my last two repeats obviously I was disappointed to see that 22.28 in there,of the 4 times I've done this repeat I have 6 21s and a 22 and a 23,at least I'm consistent.

4x400m
#1 400m 62.24. Last time out I had 3 61s b4 my 4th 400m at 62.83,the fact I had to weave between lane 1 and 2 probably contributed to opening in 62.
#2 400m 61.06. Amazing what being able to stay in lane 1 and hug the rail will do eh?this was also my fastest 400m split on these repeats,how long b4 I notch a 60?
#3 400m 61.69. Being able to stay in the 61s was a huge plus,where as last week the conditions and having the track more or less to myself were in my favour tonite I was having to deal w/ what was being thrown at me.
#4 400m 62.89. Again a 62 second split as I had to weave in and out of lanes 1 and 2,that said it's still a long way from week 1s 63.91,63.42,65.02,65.22 and week 2s 63.41,64.13,63.41,63.92.

Decathletes Mile
Week 1 5.15.0. week 2 5.08.1. week 3 5.04.2
Tonite splits of 1.15,1.19,1.18,66-4.58.9. ....BOYAH! I said a sub 5 was coming over the last few weeks and tonite I delivered,ironically tonites splits almost match up w/ Saturdays #4 mile splits:1.14,1.19,1.20,67.

I'm not going to be blinded by the sub 5 and say it was great workout,the 150s and 400s were a little choppy but I'd gotten the repeat in that was the important thing first and foremost,the sub 5 mile was very pleasing and upon arrival home I caught the highlights of Spurs spanking Young Boys of Berne 4.0 to reach the group stage of this seasons Champions League....C'mon You Spurs!