Nothing like racing the mile to earn a plateful of pancakes. The pancakes were quite tasty - two plain and one blueberry in a nice stack with butter and syrup. The mile was ok as well. If nothing else, I'm pretty good at gauging my fitness these days (or maybe self-fulfilling prophecizing) - figured I could hit 5:30, and ran a 5:29.79. I did have to throw down 200 splits of 39, 40 and 38 in the final 600 to get there though - whew. Nobody wanted to lead the heat I was in (projected times of 5:26-5:50), so it was pretty lazy through 800. I finally broke out and nearly ran down the one guy that indeed had gone out fairly hard. Third in my age group and 28th overall of the 211 runners in 10 heats - big fun. Travis took the overall title in 4:40, hitting his goal of 2:15 at the half and then easing off. After all the mile heats, I toed the line again for the Hamstring Hundred to determine the Gulf Winds Track Club fastest man and woman... I was neither. I was however the oldest man in the field by ten years, and only missed 5th by one tenth of a second. Yes, its a six-lane track, you do the math. Ran a 13.52 to close off another hugely fun summer track season. |