Fri 1/30-
took day off. An awful week of minimalism. I'm in a funk. Let me get out of it with a good workout today.
Thurs 1/29--Y day. 3 miles, alternating with weights. Snow-covered everything...still.
Wed 1/28--Y day. 3 miles, alternating...
Tues, 1/27--awful hill workout
Mon 1/26--Y day. 3 miles alternating...
I am so miffed at the Y. The Y's indoor track reads 16 laps/mile. I actually thought, perhaps stupidly, that my repeat miles on it over the past 3 years were, well, miles. I was duped into believing that my times, whether for warming up or pushing the pace, were actually honest. I guess not. After running the mile at Glen Mills on Sunday, I think that the Y has been lying. There is scarcely a chance that the 16 laps equal a mile if I couldn't even come close to matching my time on it. I ran a crappy 5:10.07, well off the 4:49 I ran on the Y's track. My guess is that the track is 17-18 laps per mile, not 16. Terrible would be if the track is actually 19-20 laps per mile; it's possible. I bet the mile measurement is for the outer wall, not lane 1 or even lane 2. So, maybe lane 1 is 17-18 laps per mile, lane 2 is 17 laps per mile, and the wall is 16 laps per mile. This all means that I've been getting a terribly false read on my fitness. Dyslexia. Dammit!
I sort of did measure and it seems that it's 85 meters from lane 1 and probably 90 meters around in lane 2.
I think I'm going to seethe manager and then call my congressman!
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