just a regular easy run, Garmin woke up only mid way, so no pace information, ran by feel. Legs were tired, but cardio was just fine, and by the end, even the legs felt better.
Total time: 53:07 (8:51 pace).
I contacted my club about taking part in some track meets this summer, and they responded very enthusiastically. There are 2 track leagues I can participate in - one South England masters (called veterans here), and another one open. There is usually one scoring runner per team in each event, but it's also possible to run as a non-scoring runner. I had been not careful, and mentioned that I trained with heptathlon group for few years in high school, and the team coordinators jumped on this and told me I'm very likely to do shorter distances (200-800) and javelin and shot! I told them it might be dangerous to let me near javelin, but they were unfazed and said that meets are very low key and a lot of fun. The image of me and javelin or shot puts me into a state of nervous laughter, but it should be fun. I did indeed have some exposure to throws, but it was really no more than that - and 20 years ago. At least they are not asking me to do high jump or discus or pole vault!!
Aside from track meets, there is club championship Grand Prix of 4 races that sounds like fun with cumulative scoring. It looks like I'll be running a lot of middle distances in the next 2 months. Here is my tentative schedule:
June 3 - interclub league10K
June 11 - track meet (1500 most likely or whatever the team needs, 400-800)
June 20 - track meet (3000 or whatever the team needs, 400-800)
June 30 - club championship Grand Prix 1K (road)
July 3 - club championship Grand Prix 3K
July 10 - club championship Grand Prix 1 mile (track)
July 19 - club championship Grand Prix 5K (road)
July 23 - track meet (1500 or whatever the team needs)
July 27 - Last Friday of the Month 5K
It looks pretty intense. I think I'll have to just run easy between these events to recover and do long run on weekends. But hopefully, I'll gain a bit of speed with this. | 