Track trial day. It was 80 soupy degrees at 4:30am but still better than 90 in the blazing sun by far! 1.15 mile warm-up 9:12 pace. Yawn. 3 miles in 19:24--14 seconds faster than last week, and my quarter splits were strangely consistent. It was weird running on the track in the dark, I couldn't see my watch or splits and there is an optical illusion of running faster than you really are in the dark. Splits 1:39, 1:36, 1:37, 1:37, 1:37, 1:37, 1:36, 1:37, 1:37, 1:37, 1:36, 1:32. Felt good at the end and could have kept going. Next week if I get out early again I won't be afraid to push the pace harder. 4 mile cool down 8:52 pace. | 