April 24 to 28

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I got hooked into running a 4 by 400m on Saturday the 24th. I thought I was going to the track at CBA to run a 4 by 800m relay. When I got there I found out that everybody was running 4 by 400m relay races.  So, I ran a  400m in a decent time which I believe was below 90 seconds.  Then somebody came up with the brilliant idea to run a 4 by 200m.  So, I joined in and my hamstring cramped half way through. It has been sore since then. I have been icing and heating and jogging very moderately for the last 4 days. Today I ran 3 miles and it seemed pretty okay, but I have yet to try to run with any pace.

These guys from the Shore AC (spearheaded by the legendary Masters runner, Harold Nolan) have decided to put together an old guy 4 by 800m relay to establish an American record with USA Track and Field Association. USATF recently changed their classifications for recording records. Previously records were established in decade categories like from 70 to 79 years of age. Under the new standard records are being recorded in five-year segments like 75 to 79 etc. Currently no one has run a 75 to 79 year old official 4 by 800m relay; so no record exists. That means if we run 4 guys between 75 and 79 on a  sanctioned 4 x 800m relay with a few Yellow Hats to varify, we will own the record for that category.  How do you pass up a chance to set an American record?  That’s what I thought we were doing last Saturday. As it turns out this effort will occur on May 8th or May 15th. Could this be any more fu’ked up?

Stay tuned.