Ran 3 miles over to track night, a little bit of a warmup, and then ran the mile and 5K. I just got back from my first track night of the year. I hadn't done any speed work since early March so I didn't expect any great stuff. I forgot about how cool it is to go and watch the other speedy people and the middle packers and even the little kids. They do the 50m all the way up the the 5K. I ran the mile and the 5K. Since it was a while since I've been on the track, I didn't really know what my desired pace felt like.
For the mile, I aimed for 80 sec a lap which would have been a 21 sec PR. I turned it up a notch or two on the last lap and came out with a 5:16. So I'm ok with that for now. I think I had a few more seconds in the tank and I'll try to get that fixed the next time.
The 5K I went out too slow. I was trying to hit 85sec per lap. The first mile came out much closer to 6 min that I wanted. Luckily some other dude also got tired of that pace and made a little move after the first mile. I tagged after him for a couple laps. I tried to pick up the pace after that. I really kicked it the last 100 and came in at 18:09, which is like 5:51 per mile. It is 26 sec slower than my PR, which was on a road course.
For whatever reason, I don't think I was very confident going into this night. I think I ran a little scared of blowing up.
Either way, it was a fun night. The weather was beautiful and I am thankful that I was able to get out and do it.
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