Seattle, Washington United States 50F / 10C

Total Time = 19m 13s Overall Rank = / Age Group = Age Group Rank = 0/

Ate Taco Bell. No I am not kidding.



Well, this has got to be one of the more interesting event warmups that I have taken part in. Perhaps not THE most interesting because I've been known to do some crazy shyte ...

Anyway, I did another event as a warmup. The joggers mile. So the premise of the joggers mile is basically to guess how long it will take you to run a mile, write it down and then everyone runs. Whomever runs the mile the closest to their guess wins. It's not about speed it's about accuracy. So, let me back up. I picked up my training partner/friend/teammate and we got to the track. We ran the infield for a warmup and then wrote our times down. I decided 8:27 had a nice ring to it. We lined up and everyone had to put their arms up in the air to prove they didn't have watches. Once we did that they fired the gun and we were off!

They leave the clock on for the first lap. A and I came into the first lap at 2:00 which felt like an eternity but still too fast. We slowed down and I zig-zagged around a little to "waste time."

It's a strange sensation - trying to waste time on the track. lol!

Final lap hit and I was pretty sure we were still going too fast. I reeeeaaally slowed down. We hit the back stretch and A and I were talking about how slowing down on the back stretch and around the final turn is pretty much any competitors worst nightmare. Ha! I started skipping, hoping maybe it could buy us some time. We hit the final straightaway and in through the finish. Some other teammates had arrived and were "cheering us on" (heckling) I did a really dramatic lean across the line Pre-style then threw my arms up in victory.

Damn. We ran like an 8:17.

I knew there was an 8 and a 7 in there somewhere. 2 for 3?

We had about 45 minutes until our event so we kicked back and watched the 400 relay, the 100 M dash and a few other things. Gawd I love track and field!!!

We began our second warmup, running the infield. The meet was running late so we ended up getting like 3 more miles in haha. So .. Jamba Juice was one of the sponsors or something and there were two people dressed as bananas. They were running around the infield with a bunch of screaming kids chasing them. One small child full on tacked one of the bananas and I had to jump over them. The next time we came around a kid stepped right in front of me and screamed, like a warrior going into battle. He went for me apparently thinking I too was one of the jamba juice bananas?? I had a green hoodie on, so perhaps I was an unripe one? Anyway, it was terrifying. I side stepped his tackle. Finally he realized I indeed was not a Jamba-Banana and gave up the chase.

Once it got close we did some fast strides on the turf and then one on the track and it was go time.