Could it be a comeback?

I NEED A TRACK AND SOON!  The snow must go.

Saturday, 2/1--Decided to stay in the neighborhood and do a workout on Rustin's property: 8x300 behind Rustin's stadium.  Unlike the last time, when I treated the 300s like the pick-up reps workout I do (8x400 @70, with #s 2,5, and 8 @ 63….with 3 min rest.  300s version: #s 1,3,4, and 7 at 51 and # 2,5, and 8 in 45), I just planned to do 8 300s without any differentiation.  My hope was to start with a pretty fast one and end the same way.  The actual distance is 290 meters.

I warmed up nicely and had a good stretch on this 47-degree day, causing a little snowmelt.  I wore my racing flats.  3:00 rest between repeats: a walk/jog back to the start.

My runs:

#1: 43.6 I wanted to get off to a good start. 

#2: 43.9 

#3: 43.7

#4: 43.9

#5: 42.9

#6: 44.1

#7: 43.8—I wound up having 4:00 between #s 7 and 8 because there was a mini-van on the stretch, and I waited for it to move.

#8: 40.7

This is the best workout of this type I’ve ever done.  Even though the street is slightly downhill and even though the actual distance is 290m, I have to think that these times, on their face, translate to 300m on the track with spikes.  At worst these would be in the 45/46-second range for 300 (on the track), with the exception of the last one, which would be 42 and change.  Could it be a comeback?

Cooled down .75M.