10M incl 10K track race in 32m44s
What a night! I hadn't raced on the track since I was 17 (...19 years ago). And even then never raced more than four laps...
It was an amazing way to get back to it. Twenty-five laps on home turf with amazing support, black and white maracas shaking all around the perimeter, motivational tunes at the 200m mark, a jazz band and the dulcet tones of Aitken and Noad on commentary. Did I miss anything? Nothing other than a bit of Pochee stardust.
The hairs were standing up on the back of my neck on the first few laps as we headed out in our paced groups. And that was just me, in the B race, in no kind of racing shape.
The A race was amazing to watch. The party atmosphere turned into a frenzy of excitement on the final laps. And it was great to catch up with so many people from Highgate and across the country I've not seen, or run with, in a while.
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