Just a quick post to prove that this not-so-early-bird can indeed be up before the sun shines.
5:22AM – I start on my first lap at the track at the middle school just across the street from my hotel.
A few laps later I saw Rabbits! Or rather Wabbits as Elmar Fud would say. I would keep on seeing them run across the track in front of me throughout the morning. Entertaining I say – well, everything’s entertaining at five in the morning.
Around 6:30 or so the football team came out and turned the lights on over the football field. However they stayed on a nearby practice field and I got to keep on truckin’.
The lighting was good because I was a bit concerned about the slightly interesting drainage design that had a big ol’ ditch right along the inside of the track – given I was running in the dark and using the edge as my guide.
Some 62 laps later I was done. 15.5 miles on the track, including 10×1600 at 6:20 per mile. Wootage! Time to head to work, and then fly home!
Oh…and I got chocolate milk free from the little hotel breakfast buffet.
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Hey, your garmin says you cheated across the field once! ;)
15.5 miles on the track is a tough workout…good job getting it done.
I love the view from above. It looks nuts!!
62 laps on a track would have made me crazy! (Of course you run a lot faster than I do so maybe you didn’t have time to get terminally bored?) Still. Yay you!
See.. 5:30 isn’t so bad. :) 4:25 on the other hand…
Dude–thats insane. There is no way I could have handled that many laps on a track. 8 laps drive me nuts.
This sounds like a punishing workout. Bunnies are good though. I love how you workout no matter where you are or what you are doing. We’ll probably be watching you online someday at Kona.
I just read your post to deirdre and she said, “Ray? is nuts.”
:)
The early bird always get the worm, or in your case rabbits. Lol, nice work. 15 miles on track make me a mad women, you’ve one upped me.
great post you have been busy this days
Thats way to many miles for a track workout… you are nutx :)
15.5m on the track?!?!? i love that you say everything is amusing early in the morning. for me, NOTHING is amusing that early in the morning…