600s, 400

Back to work, nice Sunday evening, mid 70ºs and calm winds.  Recovered OK from yesterday.  Need to sleep as much as possible.

Hoka trainers on

stretches, drills, 2 x 100

600m - 1:43.10 (67.47, 35.63 / 32.29, 35.18, 35.63)

600m - 1:43.81 (67.59, 35.61 / 32.74, 35.45, 35.62)

400m - 64.29 (32.79, 31.50)

A fairly solid set of 600s, fastest set of 2 this yr, but still 3 sec behind last year.  In the lead up to Nationals last year, I only did the 2x600 workout 3 times from late March to July.  Today was a little better than late March but not as good as my best in late June of 1:40.78, 1:40.01... but I'm getting there.  

I finished with a neg split 400m and that was all my foot could handle.  

I need to do faster tempo so I may try a 5x200 w/3min on Tues.  Need to mix it up more like last year.  Tomorrow, I'll do one hard 800m and go to the weight room.  

Weight is good.  137.5 lb after workout.  Tonight I had chicken, raw broccoli, watermelon, and a pint of protein ice cream and was stuffed, going to be at around 140 lbs.  If I sleep well, I'll wake up at 138.  Love this time of year, sleeping with the windows open, low 60ºs tonight.

Finland

A very bizarro entry appeared in the M60 400m.  A Kenyan, Francis Kimeli - a former marathoner - has an accepted registration and a seed time of 52.26 - well in excess of the world record.  I don't understand how he was able to register weeks late, and with a ridiculous seed time.  I could find very little on him except he registered for Malaga and was a no show in the 5k.  He has an account with Masters rankings, listed as M64, but no listed times.   One website says he's going to turn 65 in Nov.   He is not registered for any other event.  Pretty strange!  I guess you never know.