I've had a couple of fairly good runs the last few weeks. The Wednesday Keenyan workout was one of them.  Justin had the plan to do 3 X 600/400/300/200.  It sounded ok to me, so while he and Andy were finishing their warm up, I got started so as not to get lapped too often.  I kept all my recovery periods to about a minute, usually walking a hundred yards or so. The 600's were definitely the hardest.  It was hard to hold pace for the last 1/2 lap.  But I felt good about my 400's.  9 months ago or so when I began running with this group, I was just trying to keep my 400 time under 1:35, and I could usually hit 1:30.  Now I feel comfortable at 1:23.  If I can get them to 80 sec, and my 800's at about 2:50 +, I will be very happy.
As for other runs, I did the rail trail to the dump a couple of times this week.  Always a good run, and an ego booster.   Sunday I ran with the Brewbakers crew.  Jeff and I did 'Death Hill'.  That is a well named run.  I think I may have to go back and try to do a couple of repeats on it before the winter sets in.  
I've been trying to be a little more consistent with the running, even though I don't feel like I am in training mode.  But I feel stronger than I did this time last year when I was training for the DeMar.  I am really looking forward to Pisgah, and if all goes well, try to break 2 hours.  That's about a 8:25 pace overall.  But in Pisgah anything can happen.  We'll see.
My track results were:
2:04/1:23/1:02/:38
2:10/1:23/1:01/:37
2:11/1:21/:59/:37
 
 
 
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