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Gulf Winds Summer Track Meet

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Tallahassee,FL,United States

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Jun 24, 2008

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Mile- 5:27 Breakfast on the Track, August '09

5k- 18:59 (6:07)  Tails and Trails, May '09 (And two more times! GRR!)

8k- 33:08 (6:39) Sweetheart 8k, Feb '11 

10k- 41:38 (6:42) TRBC, March '09

15k- 1:02:46 (6:44) Lake Caroline 15k, Nov '08

Half Marathon- 1:36:58 (7:24) Hoover Dam Half, Oct '09

Marathon- 3:37:16 (8:17) Mississippi Coast Marathon, Nov '08

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Thu, Jul 31, 2008

Race: Gulf Winds Summer Track Meet (0.5 Miles) 00:02:34, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
2.50	0.50	3.00

I had a rough day today (I realized that I erased some of my student's grades and don't know what I am going to do) so I opted out of the 2 mile and decided to go for an 800 instead. I decided to go out in 80 for the first lap and just see what happened for the second lap. I didn't get my split for the first lap but it was definitely under 80. Once again there was no one near me... people were either way in front or way behind. I think I had nearly 100 meters of track all to myself. I am really happy with my time, I felt great, but definitely left some time on the track, and I know that if I had the opportunity to keep at this I could get a PR. I tried googling old race results and I ran 2:28 at a conference meet during my undergrad... that may be my PR I am really not sure. I just wish I could try again! The summer track meet series is over now.

There is a big one-mile race in Tallahassee two weeks from Saturday, and I plan to run that pretty hard. I think I may aim for 5:50; I really want to go under 6.

Now I go on vacation and have to try to find a place (and the motivation) to do 10 at the beach on Saturday.

Comments

From The Howling Commando on Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 21:24:25

Great race! Bummer about the grades. No biggie on that though. Don't sweat it. As for the mile race, is it pretty flat? If it is, you should be able to easily meet the 5:50 goal. Just do some 100-150 striders after each easy run, and try to do some 400s at goal pace (6 or 8 of them) 1 or 2 times.

From Kelsey on Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 22:56:51

Thanks for the pointers... after concentrating on distance for the past year it is exciting to actually have some speed! The mile is on the track, so I have no excuse. I'll definitely try to make it a point to do 400s one day next week.

As far as my students are concerned, I think I'll have to give them all full credit for the assignment. I guess they'll be happy!

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