Last time, I had admitted that track season is one of my very favorites. As I look at my schedule for tomorrow, I wonder if I might be an adrenaline junkie. My college kids are going to be at the same meet, so I'm planning to attend that one while my husband follows our HS runner closer to home. It's a big treat to have two competing at the same place, but this is one BIG meet! The running portion will start out with FIVE heats of the 5K. Three are men's heats and two are women with each heat having 25-35 runners...that's nearly 90 men and 65 women in just that one event. Track events begin at 9:00am and are scheduled to conclude around 5:30pm. My son is running in heat #5 of the 5K which should be the fastest heat at 10:10am. Then, it's on to field events. My daughter competes in three throwing events and will be in Flight #4 of each. The strongest throwers are scheduled for the later flights and there are either 4 or 5 flights in each event, so she's also expected to perform well. Before I begin to navigate getting back and forth between track and field events, I need to allow about 90 minutes to drive, find parking and get to the stadium. Prior to that, I need to shower and have some breakfast...all this backing up to planning a start time to run. My run for tomorrow is supposed to be 3 hours with 4 miles at race pace. My training plan includes a chart for a minimum length of long run when life throws a curve ball. So...if I want to do the full 3 hours, shower, etc., it's looking like a 4:00-4:20 start time. Yikes! To be fair, I have not yet used the minimum run provision and I'm just finishing Week 17, so I'm not going to stress about cutting it a little short just once. One of my friends is willing to run at 5:00 which I will absolutely take her up on...the solo long runs were very difficult. I think I'll be trying to go at least 30 minutes before meeting her and then going as long as I feel I'd dare to still have enough time not to stress while driving. What plans do you have on tap for the weekend? While my running and track meet day sounds a little hectic, I'm looking forward to it. I've started purposely not setting an alarm on Sunday mornings, so I'll be looking forward to that, too. Even without an alarm, there is always plenty of time to walk Charlie, read the paper and get ready for church, but still a treat to get up without a purposeful schedule...like tomorrow :-)
Happy running! Missee
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AuthorMissee and Stephanie are two Minnesota sisters and moms who love to run. We are not experts in running, parenting or anything else, but we do have years of experiences that may be helpful or entertaining to others. Archives
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