Taking a page out of the 2017 playbook

 Mon, 11/1/21

Left home at 5:45AM and arrived at Pingry at about 6:15AM for a 6:35AM workout. The temperature was 50 degrees.

Taking a page out of the 2017 playbook (on virtually the same day four years ago), I aimed for  three (3) sets of four (4) 300s, with 100 meter jog recovery (1:00) between efforts and 3:00 between sets. The pace was supposed to be 3K.  

My goal for set 1 was 60, my goal for set 2 was 57, and my goal for set 3 was 54. In other words, I was shooting for 20 sec 100s in the first set, 19 sec 100s in the second set, and 18 sec 100s in set three.

Set 1: 60, 61, 61, 60 (around 5:20/mile pace)
Set 2: 58, 58, 58, 57 (around 5:10/mile pace)
Set 3: 55, 55, 55, 52 (around 4:50/mile pace)

For perspective, on Tues, 10/31, I did the exact workout on Pingry's track in the early morning in 44-degree weather.
Set 1: 66, 60, 60, 59 (5:18-:22/mile pace)
Set 2: 56, 56, 57, 56 (5:05-:15/mile pace)
Set 3: 53, 52, 51, 53 (4:35-4:45/mile pace)