First track workout in quite a while. As is often the case, a little worried about how it would go. Got to the Y a little after 6:15, and warmed up a little over two miles of easy running. Stopped inside the Y for a drink of water and received some more comments about the brightness of my shoes. Grabbed my drink bottle and put on my crocs to run across the field to get over to the track. This turned out to be a good idea, otherwise my shoes would have gone from bright orange and red to mud color. Put my running shoes back on and did one easy lap around the track to check it out. Today's goals were modest, just 2 X 1600 @ 6:17 , with 800m jog between repeats. Started the first repeat, felt pretty good and was hitting the laps around 1:30, finished the first one at 6:00. Second one was at 6:01. I ran the first one clockwise, and the second one counter clockwise. The garmin is way off on the paces and even more off when comparing clockwise laps to counter clockwise, but it doesn't matter too much because it's really just a stop watch when running at the track. As a bonus, I did two 400's to see what I could do. They were at a faster pace, but not dramatically so, with each one at exactly 1:24. Then one slow lap around the track. Crocs back on, across the field, running shoes back on and about another 2.2 miles to get over 9 miles for the morning. During the last mile I saw I had picked up the pace, so I held it and finished that mile in 6:46, which didn't feel so bad compared to the 400's. Cooled down even more inside with 5 minutes on the arc trainer and 3 sets of leg extensions before heading home. But first, took this washed out looking photo with my phone of the view from the Y, looking across the field to the track.
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