Wednesday evening headed to the UNC track for a trial of this Godiva Track club experience. No, I haven't been on a track team since the 7th grade, and NO, this is not familiar territory for me, but did it anyway. Definitely felt overwhelmed (and intimidated) upon walking up to the track area, there were so many runners and dudes sprinting their 100's off the blocks, shoot--I don't even know how to use those blocks! I thought about just watching for my first time, but then some lady walked up to me and asked if this was my first night here, so she kindly got me signed in.
The first event was the 1500, three heats based on times. Since I've never done a 1500 just for fun, I had no idea which heat to go with, so just did the slow heat. Once the gun went off and I started running, I'm pretty sure my heart rate dropped back down to normal. Can't believe how nervous I was! Finished the event in 6:28 and felt like my legs were gonna fall off.
Second event was the 100...hmmm, I'm not a sprinter, I'm a long distance person, so this was going to be good. Made SURE I was in the heat with women who "looked" slower than I was so that I didn't finish in last. Ended up finishing this event in 15:06.
I opted out of the 1500 racewalk, and went on to do the 400. I really have no idea what I'm doing when I'm on the track, no form to speak of, no idea when to surge or hold back, just no idea. I just ran as fast as my little legs would take me without my heart leaping out of my chest. Finished in 1:17, and have no idea if this was a good time or not since all the people in my heat were male and over the age of 50. :)
At least by this point the sun had gone down and it didn't feel like 100 degrees, even though my legs were on fire. So the last event of the day was the 3K. I wasn't sure if I wanted to run it after all this sprinting, but figured it would be good for my legs to get some lactic acid out. So, with that, I began the 7 1/2 laps around the baby blue colored track. Finished with a time of 13:53.
It felt incredible to have completed the two hour workout, and it truly was a great workout. I never knew I could sprint that many times around the track in one evening and it felt good to do it. I enjoyed meeting new people and running against people half my age. :)
On the way home, my knee began to pulsate a bit and by the time I got out of my car, I couldn't bend my knee. What??!! It didn't bother me a bit while running, it hasn't in several weeks, then out of nowhere, there's a bunch of swelling again. Ugh. So, ice, elevate, Advil, foam roller....yet this morning I can't bend my knee. No idea where this came from, but hoping it goes away by Sat. morning so I can get in a much needed 20 mile run!!!
I'm looking forward to many more Wed. night track practices!!
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