An 18 would be a real confidence booster.

Wednesday, 3/10/16--Arrived at Westtown School's track at 5:35 AM moderate track workout.  Wonderful morning.  Light winds and 60 degrees!  Yes!

Left home at 5:30
Warmed up 1.0 mile. 
Tried some butt kicks and majorette steps; I've been doing far too much static stretching as of late.
Started at 5:53 AM

The workout was 9 x 150.
Goal: 1st 3 in 22.5 sec; 2nd 3 in 20 sec; 3rd 3 in 19.5 sec.  The idea was to average 7.5 sec/50m on the first set, 7 sec/50m on the second set, and 6.5 sec/50m on the third set.  Rest of 3 minutes/250m walk between each.  

1st effort: 23.6.  I felt sluggish and off-kilter.
2nd: 22.2.  Better, more relaxed.
3rd: 22.5.  I'm in the groove now.
4th: 20.8  I did not feel like I was pressing.
5th: 20.8
6th: 20.9
7th: 19.6 
8th: 19.5  I'm pressing now!I 
9th: 19.6 felt like I was going nearly all-out.  I was hoping to break 19 seconds based on the effort I felt I was expending.

I think that I can go faster if I do this workout later in the day.  A cursory review of my history shows that I run faster later in the day, perhaps by as much as .25-.5 seconds per 100.  This means that had I done ths workout later in the day under the same weather conditions I may have run each 150 a half-second or so faster.  

Could it be, then, that I can reach break the 19-second barrier after all?  The last time I did was a year ago, I think.  An 18 would be a real confidence booster.