Another Mile at the Armory

Today was (probably) the last race of my 2012 indoor season and it concluded much the way that my last outdoor season did - with a solid race and a near-PR. This time it was over a mile and a PR and school record just wasn't in the cards. The race was set up for an Albany guy to get as near to 4:00 as possible. I was at the back of a line of 5 guys and Coach had me out in 59.8. I am just not that fast, at least not right now, and I fell off on the second quarter to 2:04 and from there it was just trying to hold contact to the guy ahead of me. I finished in 4:09.93 and it was definitely an all-out effort.

I definitely felt the fast first 440 for the rest of the race and I think if I had gone out a little bit more conservatively in 61.x, I would have been able to squeeze a few more seconds out. Of course, I also would have been by myself in the race, so I have no regrets about the way I ran. I just put myself in the race and hoped for the best, and eventually I'll hit a perfect race that is set up for me to run my best. For now, though, I want to take a break from racing until outdoor track starts and get a solid, uninterrupted training block in.