73F, S 18-25 mph. Well, despite some heat and a nasty wind, I decided to hit the track anyway and just slug through some intervals. The track at ACU is oriented north/south so the wind hurts; the headwind straightaway felt like I was literally going half as fast as the tailwind. I did 6 x 800, 400m recovery.
?:??, 3:17, 3:16, 3:14, 3:01, 3:01.
Recovery paces were 8:15-8:30
I decided just to go by feel and not strain too much. The first one I hit the wrong button. The second one I could not believe how slow it was. I thought at first I ran the wrong distance or something but with an 800 (2 full laps) it's kind of hard to mess that up. Sure enough the third one was just as bad. I mean, wow, I was still kinda running hard -- how was I not even at HM pace? Who does 800s at slower than HM pace? Finally I got frusturated and ran the last two hard. Conditions were tough, but not THAT tough.
I jogged a couple laps, then, figuring I hadn't got the turnover I wanted for the day, I did 4 x 200 with 200m recoveries, averaging 36.5 seconds. I just wanted mile pace (about 40 sec) so I guess I ran a little harder to take out some frustrations.
I think I am just not mentally there with intervals yet, but I will keep trying, and maybe there won't be such a nasty wind next time. | 
