NOON: NIST 2 15:12 shakeout PM: DC RR Mile, Wakefield H.S. 3 mile warm up, 1 mile strides and drills Splits: 69.0 (409m), 67.5, 68.5, 68.7 = 4:33.8 PR! Their hand timer had me at 4:34.2. But I think the dude was snoozin'. So on my "official" time I posted to the blog I split the difference. The weather was good and the track was nice. This is a really good event. Simple but competitive, and FREE! The Pacers team showed up to take the tape on pretty much every race. The mile was won in 4:24. The elite women's mile was won in 5:06. After the mile I also ran the 3000 m as a workout in 9:26.7. I started out running 78 and to my pleasant surprise managed to start hitting 75s as the race progressed. Can't remember what place I cam in here. The winner was 9:00. I was like 5th again. All in all, a pretty productive evening. I figure I got in about 10 miles total for the night, giving 12 for the day. I leave for Tulsa tomorrow morning early and get in late. It is going to be a challenge to get my miles in for the week since I already took Tuesday easy before this mile race. Check it out... Joe LaMonte sent me this link. Apparently, someone from Georgetown Running Co. took a video of the mile. Joe (who ran for Cornell, by the way) is the one leading the second group (once the race gets going), and I am in the white singlet, trailing in the second group for most of the race. Man, it looks like we are jogging! http://georgetownrunningcompany.blogspot.com/2007/07/video-of-dcrrc-mile-race-on-072507.html#links+
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