80F, S 11 mph. I got an article from JG that inspired me to hit up the track at ACU this morning. It was time to get out of slog-mode, if only for a day. Had a pretty rough start though. I thought I had taken care of business this morning before my run, but I found myself having to stop and walk a few times during my warmup to prevent disaster. Everything was looking like a port-o-potty, but kinda like a mirage in the desert, nothing ever proved to be what I needed. Finally I reached the track and after a lap, not seeing a bathroom, decided I would start and hope I could fend it off.
My planned workout was a ladder: 200-400-800-1200-1600-1200-800-400-200. I jogged half the distance after each one, except the first 200, after which I jogged a full 200m. Felt like the sane thing to do. I made it through the first 3 ok, but in the first 1200 I had to pull up and walk again to defend against you-know-what. Jogged a lap to collect myself, then started again and had to stop again after about 20 seconds. Getting desperate now, I jogged around the facility, looking everywhere until I found the bathrooms, which had a locked gate around them. Fortunately I noticed a "secret passageway" between buildings where they stashed hurdles. I went around, climbed over them, and I was in! I came out a new man, and finished the rest.
200m - 41.2 (5:31 pace)
200m rest - 8:21 pace
400m - 1:33.3 (6:15 pace)
200m rest - 8:16 pace
800m - 3:11.9 (6:26 pace)
400m rest - 8:24 pace
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1200m - 4:48 (6:26 pace)
600m rest - 8:33 pace
1600m - 6:20 (6:22 pace)
800m rest - 8:29 pace
1200m - 4:49 (6:27 pace)
600m rest - 8:50 pace
800m - 3:04.6 (6:11 pace)
400m rest - 8:45 pace
400m - 1:26.0 (5:46 pace)
200m rest - 9:14 pace
200m - 34.6 (4:38 pace)
After the last one, I walked for about 10-15 seconds to collect myself again and jogged slowly home. I wasn't sure what paces to run on any of these so I just did whatever felt smooth. Kinda looks like they are all over the place but that is pretty normal for me and speedwork. The track is oriented north-south so I had a nice headwind on one of the straightaways; it wasn't terrible wind, but it was there, affecting things a little. The important thing is I got in 4+ miles of (what I consider) faster speeds (averaging roughly 6:16/mile if you take just the fast stuff). AP 7:47 for all 13 miles. | 
