"How did I know you ran a 4:30 mile in high school? That's easy. Everyone ran a 4:30 mile in high school" -Frank Shorter
I'm not a miler. Most of these young guys out of college who ran today were and hell the guy who won it used to be a an olympian. He's run 4:03 on this course. Like a small town track story I always thought I was back in high school but I was better at the 3200m all along. Of course 25 miles a week and sprints in high school helps your mile when you're 17. Speaking of 17, check out a page from the archives:
Indeed, I ran about a 4:34 mile in high school.
Today I ran 4:30.8. Running a road mile is just weird. Once the gun went off the leaders took off like a bat out of hell. I was able to progress but the hill in the second quarter slowed me a bit. I was relaxed but the problem was that the race is so incredibly short and since I train for and am better suited to the 10K-half marathon distance (half PR converts to 4:20 mile), I had a hard time keeping my legs going fast enough to really wear be down. I did tie up a little with just a few meters to go and I was breathing hard then.
I really think I went out too slow! I would need to run several of these events to really improve my turnover plus a lot more lactic acid clearance training to specialize at the mile-5K but like I said, my 2016 goal is the half marathon in October, these fast races serve as important training for my body to adapt to a number of paces and distances.
It was actually a lot of fun, and seeing small town Winchester high school track guys getting lectured on race tactics by their coach before the race brought back some old memories. As it turns out, 30 year old Matt Deters beat 17 year old Matt Deters at the mile :)
results
PM: 5 easy
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