3.28 mi, 34:58, 10:40 avg, HR 127 bpm
Horribly and terribly behind in my blogging due to getting backlogged on race reports starting with the Jacksonville Marathon on Dec 15, Croom Zoom 50K at beginning of January, Holloway Trail Half Marathon, and finally the Long Play 33 1/3 Ultra on 3/2.
So, not much time to run since I had to mess around with the pool equipment trying to get that back on track before heading to Clearwater HS to see Thomas at the track meet. I've been trying to run easy to get my heart rate down hopefully indicating a more solid aerobic base and to give myself a break from the races between December and March - over 200 miles (although all but one of them at slower ultra pace).
Thomas ran the 3200 and 1600m races with the 3200m race being first presumably to let the longer race go in the cooler morning weather. His previous 3200m race had a very impressive negative split 5:40 and 5:21 where he went from about 12th place and finishing in second place. It was also the debut race for the new pair of Nike Vaporfly 4%.
So, this morning was another negative split, this time 5:20 and 5:19 for a new PR of 10:39, finally a reward for the hard work after getting much smaller increments on the order of less than 1 second improvements.
1600m race was later in the afternoon, about 4:00 pm, second heat. After hanging back a little for the first lap, moved out into the lead and held it up until the final 50m or so with two kids squeeking by, giving him 3rd place. But, this was also a new PR of 4:45.39 (about 2 seconds faster than old PR). Big accomplishment with two significant PRs
But probably the biggest accomplishment was sticking with it through the practices and meets when it didn't look like things would get better.
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