08.16.07
Pack on the track!
This morning, I was preoccupied by two things while on my run. The first was the clickety-clack man feeling that Rob described a few weeks back and its cause, and the second was the profound sense of dismay I felt running along the Bolin Creek trail in Carrboro and seeing all the brown leaves around me. It looks like fall out there this week. I think the trees are suffering outside while we spend our lives in air conditioned rooms.
Returning to the clickety-clack man, however, I became him over night, following a hard workout on the track. What a workout it was! Not in the sense that it was the most difficult thing I have ever done, but because of the pack that ran it. A strong group of five runners, all within a similar range (of course Jason was holding back). Tom, Tyler, Brent, Jason and I ran 4 x 2k with 500 meter rest on the soft new UNC track. Each one of us (save Jason) was given responsibility for throwing down a 400 meter surge in one of the intervals, at any point in time. This worked perfectly fine until Brent’s - wow, he is fit - interval (number 4), when the rest of us realized he had missed the memo. His surge lasted at least 600 meters, and I’d probably add the last quarter mile to it as well; the final 1200 was a scorching 3:32. Even with the slight hitch, it was great that we more or less stuck close to one another, running as a pack.
I’ll let Joan fill you in on the night’s other excitement. I’ll just say that some people clearly do not like people, but I am happy that none of those types are a part of CAC or our training group.
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