Surprised myself a wee bit with a 2:24.9 in this evening's summer track 800. The planned 200 meter splits of 36, 36, 37, 37 for 2:26 became 36.9, 35.9, 36.6, 35.6. Trav jogged a 2:11 in trainers in the fast heat taking a teammate through 400 in 62, then backing off - teamie got a PR 2:05 - nice! I got second in the old guy heat with a "young" old guy just ahead of me the whole way - not sure I would have hit my time without his help. Man, the last 200 of an 800 is just not comfy at all. Mile and a half warm up and only a half mile cool down - couldn't muster more than that. As I type this I realize that dropping 10 lbs and getting serious again about the whole running thing would easily get me 10-12 seconds faster in the 800 - just might have to start working now to be ready for the 50-54 age group masters track circuit! |