I ran an indoor track meet for the first time in over a decade against a bunch of college kids. It was a lot of fun but felt a little odd. This was no road race. I had a hard time with taking splits so I ran by feeling and raced against guys.
This is a college meet so of course the gun goes off and I'm in last place on the first lap. I work myself up to half way through the field and then at the front of the chase pack. By then it was half way through the race cruising at 5:00 pace then my legs start getting that lactic acid heavy burn and fail to respond much for the rest of the race.
This is just the lack of fast interval work in my training. That is normal this time of year.Too much of the potent fast interval workouts now, and a burnt-out heap I willbe come April. But that does make it frustrating when I expected to run in the 15:20s...and no doubt that I could with a few more workouts and an actual taper. Never mind the blizzard and subsequent treadmill running that de-railed the great running streak I had going. At any rate, I had a good time. But for a marathoner coming back down, fast short races and pushing through pain is the only recipe for success. On to an outdoor 5K next week
Results
the first 200m splits are telling. I really held my pace a lot better than those younglings. I'll chalk it up to experience.
PM: 5 easy
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