Usual morning run with the guys. Nice conversation and happy to get some more miles in. Little sore but the ice bath last night helped. First track race ever tonight. I hope to break the 5:00 minute barrier! We had the Panther Relays today and it was a really good workout for the kids. Their was an open mile at the very end of the meet. Dave and I decided to do it a week or so ago. I had never ran a track race before in my life. I was fairly excited to do this. I warmed up a little bit with some strides and then got to the starting line. Plan was to hit anything close to 5:00 minutes and I would be happy. Dave and I ran right next to each other for the first 3 1/2 laps and then he got me the last 200 meters. Those long, beautiful legs of his are not fair for my short, fat legs. He got me by a second or so but I was happy with my effort after running 33 miles the other day. I ran 4:51 for my first 1600m race. 1:14, 1:13, 1:13, 1:11 were my splits. It was lots of fun even though I lost. Still a Tier 2 runner and coach! Did a little bit of a cool down to call it a day.
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