Sprinting

I've been living in the city of Richardson, and have been paying School District taxes for nearly 8 years, which I've always seen as a complete waste. I do not have children and never plan to, so I really have no use for the public school system, until today. No, I am not pregnant. I discovered that the track at the local high school is open for public use. I've been thinking about running sprints ever since my failed attempt to beat a T-Rex a few weeks ago.

I've never really done any serious training outside of my long runs and maybe some hill work. I've worked on speed a little on the treadmill, but some days it takes every ounce of energy I have just to press start on the stupid thing. Sprints have never even been part of my vocabulary. I'm a long distance runner, and a slow one at that. But I run for the love of running, not because I'm going to win any races.

With my newfound motivation in mind, I ran down to the high school, just over 2 miles away, to get in some time on the track. I really didn't have much of a plan, just visions of Usain Bolt dancing in my head. I actually have no idea how to run sprints and I've only had my Garmin long enough to figure out how to start and stop it, so you can imagine how well this went for me today.

It took me about 10 minutes to finally find the entrance to the field. Thankfully there was a sign confirming that it was open to the public, because I doubt I could have passed for a kid half my age. I love the feel of a track, slightly bouncy under my feet. I haven't been on a real track since I was in middle school and barely knocking out a mile in under 15 minutes for the President's Physical Fitness Challenge.

I dropped off my camel on a bench and walked up to the starting line. Then I ran a mile; not quite the speedwork I had planned. So I started over and ran back and forth between the markings for the 100m. I'm pretty sure that I'm the slowest sprinter ever, but we can never confirm that since I can't figure out how to use "laps" on my Garmin.

Miles logged: 7.0