I still have a cold, but, my husband was all about coming to the track with me and calling splits so I figured why not and down to the track we went. My workout routine needed a little variety today anyway. Warmed up 5 laps then decided to go for it. My official time 1600 meter time--6:06--still 8 seconds away from highschool pr. Splits were 89, 90, 96, 91. Clearly I totally lost it in the third lap. The good news is, the pace did not feel overly strained, but it was definitely hard work. I am kicking myself for letting it slip in the third lap--I think I could have hit 6:00 on the nose if I had concentrated. Maybe I will try again next week with no cold and focus on the third lap. I think my high school pr is in reach. I am curious, though, as to what my top end speed in the mile is. Only time will tell. The strange news--my husband commented something I used to hear all the time when I was younger--that it was strange to watch me run. He said my stride is noticeably short, and it is astonishing to see me run that fast. He says it is just "strange" to watch and words cannot describe it, that it just looks odd. I have heard this and similar comments again and again--things like"I've never seen anything like it" and "it is just odd" and "I don't know how you do it". That's it--I need a videotape of myself running to see what all the fuss is about. Anyways, enough talk about how weird a short, stumpy girl looks when she runs. Ran 800 to cool down, drove home, and then ran 4 more miles easy at 9:01 pace. The last 2 or 3 months I have been having small cutbacks in mileage every other week and this probably helps keep me injury-free so I will keep up the pattern. Last week was 55(highest ever), so I will probably hit 49-50 this week. | 