Tonight was the first time my schedule actually allowed me to make the Wednesday night Team D practices at Scottsdale Community College’s track. In years past, this various paced shorter runs, with all kinds of ladders and pace switching, were not “fun” but felt like they added an element of strength to the long stints. It was where the first year I actually learned to better feel and know my various “paces”, as they were.

It was not even all that cold, despite our chilly nights, but woah, where was everybody? There were 5 of us there, whcih seems way down for Team D numbers– but then again, who am I to say anything as all together, I have managed to make it to about 4 training runs all season.

But as always, Coach Dave was there to give good advice and gruel us to run the routine- this was 6 x 800m runs at a “fast mile pace” with about only 2 minutes rest in between. I did mine at about the equivalent of 9:00 – 9:20 mile paces- nothing fast to the more fleet of our team, but that is pretty darn good for this slow plodder… in my dreams, I could go distance at those numbers.

It seems incredulous that there are humans that can do much faster race paces over long distance over my fastest short sprint pace! Oh well, I am always reminding that I am not aiming for any glory of speed, and only to reach the finish.

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