Movin' In The Right Direction

So much for March coming in like a lion,going out like a lamb I got up at 9.20am w/ every intention of leaving the house by 10am to be on Temple's track by 11am for my 5x1,000m......till I copped a glance at the temps.....bugger that I waited till 1pm to leave and even then the trusty sign in Fresh Grocers parking lot said 37 degrees,I almost turned back for my thermal hat and gloves,let's hope in a fortnites time when I revisit this repeat it's a tad warmer!!

Mile warm up but precious little in the way of stripping down,fleece,long sleeved dri fit shirt and running tights conditions,sooner or later my paleness will have to be unleashed on the general public but it's looking at later right now,hopefully next Saturday will at least be vest and compression shorts conditions.
So back to the tried and tested 5x1,000m repeats,this was such a bread and butter workout for me last season,it'd have been nice coming into today on the back of 5x10 miles but that didn't pan out,there will however be plenty of time for that after next week.
Was 1.15 per lap too ambitious this early in the year?perhaps but I'd rather set the bar high and bring that time down than look at 1.18s.....fortune it is said favours the brave.

#1,1,000m 1.12-1.17-36-3.05.2.Leave it to me to go out brisk on the opening lap! clearly the memo about not going out at 72 second 400m repeat pace had been misplaced!!!
#2,1,000m 1.15-1.20-36-3.11.7.I'm reasonably convinced a more economic opening 400 on #1 would've negated a 1.20 second lap....and for the first and probably not the last time this say I utter the time honoured"the genie's out of the bottle now"mantra!
#3,1,000m 1.15-1.21-37-3.13.9.Another opening 1.15,that's something to build on,will need to eliminate the 1.20/1.21s over the coming weeks.
#4,1,000m 1.18-1.21-36-3.15.4.How very New Kids On The Block of me to be Hangin Tough,last years post Upenn 5x1,000m #4 ballooned up to 3.27.8 so this year I could more than live w/ a 3.15.4.
#5,1,000m 1.16-1.22-34-3.12.5.To have kept all 5 1,000s at 3.15 or under was pleasing and while there's a ways to go just yet I feel I'm heading in the right direction at last.

The real test will be in 2 weeks time on the back of 5x10 miles to see where my 5x1,000m stack up last year I went:3.11.8-3.16.6-3.14.6-3.27.8-3.13.0 that's what needs improving upon but I feel it's more than doable.
10 miler tomorrow to finish off the week,unless I feel the urge to make it 15 for a 50 mile week....we'll see which way the wind blows in the am....and at what temperature!