I made it to track night. I didn't get there in time to do any speed ups before the mile race. They were starting just as I got to the track. Luckily I ran the 3 miles from my house and got some warmup. I don't think I went out very fast, but I made up some spaces on the second lap. Then I hung on to a couple other guys and they dragged me home. They out kicked me by a couple seconds, but I got a PR. Not a big one, but they all count. I think I came in at 5:09. I messed up my timer when I started, and my vision was a little blurry at the end, but I'm pretty sure of that time. I'll just have to beat that next time so it won't matter... I had two heats of the mile to cool down a little and get ready for the 5K. I didn't feel very great as I did my pickups, a little light headed actually. I was shooting for a 18:00ish finish, no ideas of a PR today. I went out looking for some 85 sec laps, which would put me in the 17:43 region I think, a 5:42 pace. I tucked in next to one kid running my pace and just stayed with him. I couldn't run behind him becase his pace waried too much and didn't want to be speeding up and slowing down like he was. Unfortunately that meant I had to run in the 2nd lane and cost me a few seconds. Anyway a guy and a girl passed us after a mile and I just hooked on to them. They were a little bit faster than we had been going. They dragged me around for the rest of it and it wasn't too bad. I raced the girl to the finish line and came in at 18:13 5:52 pace. I think I need to have someone timing me because I lose track of my splits after the 1st mile. And I need to figure out how to run the first lane rather than the long way around. 1-2 sec a lap adds up really fast. Either way, it was a good workout.
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