I seem slighly faster than this time last year

Monday, December 24th--

Since I plan to compete on Wednesday at the Armory (NY), I figured I'd do a lighter workout of 150s and 100s just to get in a little speedwork.  I set out to do some 6x150 and 3x100.  The goal for the 150s was 2@21, 2@20, and 2@19; the goal for the 100s was sub-13 seconds.  I was fairly aggressive from the start, hitting the first 150 in 21.  The others met the mark as well, although I faltered on the last one (20.02 sec-- ht, of course).  I let up too much coming off the turn and into the straightaway.  The 100s were similarly satisfying, though not perfect by any means: 12.6, 12.7 and 12.8.  As my speed increases, I hope to be able to do twice as many 150s and 100s but keep the same pace.  If I keep the number of repetitions that same, I hope to drop the 150s by a second and the 100s by .5 seconds.  (This day last year I bobbled the workout, but rebounded accordingly.)

Based on this workout, I should be able to run in the 55-second range for the 400 on Wednesday.
1st 150--20.00 sec
2nd 150--20.33 sec
last 100--14.67 sec  = 55.00

I seem slighly faster than this time last year...ever so.

We'll see.