Last night was a wonderful night. Not too warm, and not humid at all.  A big improvement from last week!

We had our the usual company on the track — walkers, kids on bikes, toddlers running around, etc — but it didn’t seem too bad.

I started out kind of quick, and figured I’d slow down closer to my 2:02 goal as usual. But after I kept hitting my 400s at a quicker pace, I figured I’d see how long I could keep it up!

1. 1:56
2.1:55
3. 1:55
4. 1:53
5. 1:55
6.1:57
7.1:57
8. 1:57
9. 1:57
10. 1:59

As I went around and around, it started getting more crowded. I’m pretty sure my first 2:00 lap happened when I had to weave around a couple taking up three lanes walking their dog, and a kid walking backwards. It just went downhill from there …

11. 2:00
12. 2:00
13. 2:03
14. 2:05
15. 2:07
16. 2:06
17. 2:02
18. 2:08

It was pretty hard to keep a good pace going under these conditions, though. I did what I could!

Seriously … those people were blocking two lanes at the 200m mark for probably half of my laps.  I’m sure it contributed to my slow down!

Oh, and kids were throwing bang-snaps on the ground and at each other. And at one point, a little girl parked her pink bike in lane three. Yeah, that was great.

Well, at least I finished without getting run over by a bike or colliding with a small child. It was close, though!

Next week we’re going back down to eight since our goal 10K race is coming up next weekend.  I happen to have a 10-miler the day before … I guess we’ll see if I can still reach my goal!