So I wasn't riding a horse, and our little race at speed session is not close to being "The Race That Stops The Nation", but our coach had us run a 3.2km timed race. We even had handicaps.
I was happily in the second best handicap group with 5 other racers. We started off strong. Then I straggled and fell behind. And proceeded over the next lap and a half to watch everyone else pass me. Of course it had nothing to do with me as a runner - I was just given the wrong handicap!
But before this ill-fated race, something happened that had me smiling with triumph for the rest of the day.
I felt that I was getting my old energy back! Finally, finally, my health has returned. Now if only I could say the same for my fitness.
Our first rep was "one mile" also known as 1600m. Yikes! I was super worried about this as my legs were still recovering from Saturday's double hitter of exercise.
I didn't run my heart out - I paced myself appropriately for such a long distance.
And completed it at an average pace of 4.47!
I then proceeded to blitz the following three 400m reps at an average pace of 4.15! Granted, we had a 400m recovery between each and I was passed by many a runner in that phase. But so what? Recovery is for recovery.
So by the time the Melbourne Cup race came at the end, I knew I was deservedly exhausted.
I can't remember my exact Melbourne Cup time. Suffice it to say, it was far longer than the 3 minutes or so it takes the horses to run the race.
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