Took a drive up to Mt. Tabor On Memorial day to run in the Oregon road mile championships. This was definitely not a hobby joggers event as the field was stacked in each age group. Having the races go off at separate times was fun as I got to watch some really good masters and female runners duke it it out.
The first race to go was the masters men which was won in a sub 4:30.
Masters women in 5:20 something
Open Female 4:56
There were 20 people in my race, I started out well in 66-67 for the first 400 but I was not feeling my best and slowly faded to a 70 for the next 400 then a 72, then 71 to finish. I was a little disappointing as I wanted to be in the low 4:30's but given it was a 3 lap road course with a slight incline that you run 3 times. It was probably 5-10 seconds slower than on a track. Overall I was 15th in 4:40.57 If they had a finsh line clock I would of probably givin it a little more to get under 4:40.
Technically this is the fastest mile I have ever run but if you convert all the 1500s I've run it is not.
Then I cooled down and watched the middle school races and drove back to Astoria.
It will be nice when I am at the Cape that I will only have to drive an hour at most for most races, and driving wise there is a huge difference between 1 and 2 hours. 1 hour is like ok cool, im driving. 2 hours is just tiring and especially when it is back and fourth.
I am hoping the website post some pictures soon.
http://www.ldr-oregon.org/2012/05/2012-usatf-oregon-1-mile-road-race.html
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