Speedy (But Not Too Speedy)

We decided to check out our neighborhood high school track for our weekly speed repeats last night. Turns out a lot of folks use the track to walk and run. (For free -- YAY. The last neighborhood we lived in had a high school, too, but you had to pay a fee to use the track. Boo.)

Our workout last night was to run 400 meters four times, with an active rest between. Since we're noobs, we walk between repeats, but I imagine, once we're fitter, we'll jog between. Dave got us watches this week so we can time our speed and hill repeats. I assume the track we ran on was a standard quarter-mile high school track, making each lap 440 meters. Last night, my 440s were:

• 1:58
• 1:56
• 1:52
• 1:51

So about 1:54 on average. If I could sustain that pace, it'd be a 7:36 mile. I don't imagine that ever happening, but I guess you never know. Dave says it's possible. I should listen to Dave.

Especially when I started comparing my times to my high school track times-- my best 440 then was 1:07. Not bad; good enough to win a reserve race once. But Dave rightly pointed out that we aren't supposed to sprint, just push our speed above our marathon pace, closer to a 5K pace.

Which I know. But it won't keep me from remembering the glory days. :D

How 'bout you? Got some glory days sports highlights to share?