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Results) On Friday night, I ran my fourth PR of the year -- 5:04.98 in the mile. This is a huge PR, of over 7 seconds, and it comes after I had already taken 4 seconds off of my PR just five days earlier. So in less than a week, my mile PR went from 5:15.90 to 5:04.98. A year of training has really paid off!
Upon checking in after my warm-up, I was happily surprised to find myself seeded in the second section. (In previous years, I have been lucky to avoid being in the very last section.) Within each section, we were randomized (the person wearing #1 was not necessarily the fastest), and I ended up with #10, in the forward part of the barrel start. Here is a video of the race, from FloTrack:
2 comments:
Wow, great race and PR! You definitely didn't gain any advantage. From looking at it, I think you made a better attempt to get back on the track quickly than many people would have. It would have been easier for you to head a little more towards the turn but you came back onto the track and probably actually ran a little extra because of it. Staying focused is tough at times like that but it can also help I think. It gives you something extra to get fired up about. Didn't Lasse Viren once fall during a 10K WR?
Thanks, Bob! I agree, no advantage.
About a month ago, I volunteered as a track official at a high school track meet, and I was the one with the red/white flag who decided if runners stepped out of their lane. So I am currently very well-informed about the rules, which is why I darted so quickly back on the track.
In my case, it didn't cause me to get fired up; it distracted me in a negative way. Lasse Viren fell during the 1972 Olympic 10k, got up, and won the race and set a WR. But he said later that this just showed how much the WR could be improved, if he could set it despite falling (it didn't make him faster). Gammoudi was knocked down at the same time as Viren, and he didn't even get up!
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