One sport, many choices

Windermere Prep 2015 Track & Field High School team

 

Awaiting the High School assembly to start, i took in the many items on the gymnasium walls. All 2015 team photos grouped together but the only one i photographed is above.

Why?

Was surprised to see so few students comprising a team for a sport that is America’s number one middle and high school participatory sport.

 

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2015 Masters Track & Field Outdoor National Championships

2015 Masters Track M55 800 athlete's shoes
Nine Men’s 55-59 age group 800m runners.

 

Masters Track M55 athlete's shoes
Always taking photos.

 

iPhone stopwatch screen shot
My handheld time, screen shot. Official time was 2:41.74

 

Day one of the 2015 Masters Track & Field Outdoor National Championships were held yesterday. Here’s the M55 800 meter race on video.

Nine runners. i was planning on being last. Mission accomplished.

Was there triumph in being last? Yes, the fact there was no calf or ankle pain.

Reminder, the front runners are our Nation’s best 800 meter runners. Had they not be so remarkably fast, i wouldn’t have looked so remarkably slow.

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Progress and wisdom are a dynamic duo

Mile split by jeff noel masters track
Hand-timed while running in the meet.

 

Half-mile split by jeff noel masters track
Carried an iPhone/stopwatch in both races.

 

Saturday’s track meet had several firsts, including one that is significant:

No soreness and no pain from overdoing it.

Not that evening. Not yesterday. Not now.

This is huge.

Progress.

Wisdom.

PS. For a 56 year old to run a single event with a time like that could create some stiffness. To do both on the same day, almost guaranteed soreness.

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1500, 800 and 400

Jeremy Wariner
Third fastest 400 runner of all time.

 

Today’s workout will be 2015’s first to be held on a track, at Lake Brantley High School. There will be over 1,000 athletes ranging from eight-years old to 80+.

Heading out the door in less than an hour.

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