Sun, 4/16-
Despite working out yesterday morning and then immediately driving 440 miles from Oberlin, I joined my teammates today for a workout. Yup. I responded to the call, which I initially botched. I showed up at just before 8AM at our usual spot, Radnor High School. After jogging a mile, I began to wonder why none of the guys had arrived. I was by my lonesome. I checked my email and realized that the venue had been changed to Germantown Academy. I emailed them to say I wouldn't be able to make it, especially given my goal of returning home by 10:15. After a minute or two, I decided to head to GA, which is only 20 minutes from Radnor. I figured I'd get there by about 8:30 and leave at about 9:30, just enough time.
I arrived to find Bruce, John, Rob, and Chuck Shields. After greetings, I began stretching, trying to hold fast to the warmth of my mile warmup plus Icy Hot treatment. Within two minutes of arriving, I learned that on tap was a 400 meter time trial. Surprise! In fact, I had already been assigned a lane: 2. Rob would take lane 1, John would use lane 3, and Bruce lane 4.
Our warmup continued for quite some time. The time trial would be run at 9:00, with Chuck timing. And we were off! From the start of the run, I could feel my hip over working. I wondered whether I'd be okay. I kept listening to my body as John and I matched stagger; we were hitting the same pace. I tried to move coming into the homestretch, but John held form. He finished a stride ahead of me. I hit my watch...55.9 (55.82). I suspect John ran 55.7. Chuck said something about 56.16....NOT!
Rob clocked himself in 57.25. I'm not sure of my buddy Bruce's time.
After 11-12 minutes' rest, Rob then invited the crew to run a few easy 200s. He said 33 seconds would do. Fifty meters into the first one, I felt my hip and groin, so I stopped at the 75-meter mark. I'd join them on the remaining three: 32-mid, 31-high, 31-low.
I left at 9:37 and got home at 10:13! Boyah! How 'bout them apples?
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