I took to the track as a haven

Saturday May 24th.  Feeling very blue.  Prayers abound.  I took to the track as a haven.

I decided to do a workout I haven't done in a while: Negative split reps.  As designed for a high school 2:00 800 meter runner, it is 2x (300m-500-400 w/neg-split last 100m) @ :32+14 (=:46 300m) . . . 66+14 (=1:20 500m) . . 48+14 (=62 400m) with 2-min between reps and a 1200 meter jog between sets.

My targets were 32+15 (=47) for the 300, 66+15  (=1:21) for the 500, and 48+15 (=63) form the 400.  I decided to increase the rest almost two-fold to 3:30.  I stuck to the 1200m jog between sets.  

Set 1: 300m in 47.0, 500m in 1:23, 400m in 64.  I did the 300 incorrectly, hitting 15 at the 100, 30 at the 200, and 47 at the 300.  I slowed down, knowing I was a mess.  500: 16/33/50/67/1:23.  Poor last 100.  400: 15/31/48/64.  Another poor last 100.

1200 SLOW jog in 9:30.

Set 2: 300m in 47, 500m in 1:21, 400 in 63.  300m: 15/32/47.  15 sec last 100.  500: 16/32/49/66/1:21. 15-sec last 100.  400: 15/31/48/63.  15-sec last 100.  This was a good series.  

It looks like I'm in 2:05 800m form.