First week of indoor track clinic

This week was the start of the indoor track clinic I signed up for!

I was so nervous about getting there on time, because it starts at 9 a.m. and preschool drop off is from 8:45-9 about two miles away. Luckily, with a little help from Greg, we made it out the door on time and I was back in my car at 8:46 and parking by 8:55.

Now that I know where it is, it’s going to be perfect – no more worries that I’ll get turned around or park in the wrong lot. It begins at 9, but we warm up until 9:15 on our own, so it’s not cutting it as close as I’d originally feared! If I warm up a little less one week, oh well. I won’t show up halfway through drills.

It felt great to run indoors on a 21 degree day with a wind advisory!

This week week we did a 1 mile warm up at our own pace, did some drills (skipping, heel walking, leg swinging, lunges… can I just say that I’m not real coordinated with the opposite arm/leg moves?) and then did a mile test so we can measure our progress as the weeks go by, followed by a cool down.

My mile test came in at 8:24, which isn’t a personal best but feels pretty good since I’ve basically done no running since before Christmas.

There’s a similarly paced runner who is also training for a half marathon this spring whom I’m hoping to talk more with, and I was done with my workout by 10 and home and showered by 10:45… much more efficient when I go straight from drop-off to running rather than coming home and procrastinating!

Looking forward to seeing how this goes, so glad I signed up 🙂