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12 years, 0 progress

Here are the results of the only three times I've raced a 1500m on a regulation track since entering college:

Jan. 15, 1994 -- at Williams College (MA), indoors -- 4:13.8

April 8, 1995 -- at Springfield College (MA) -- 4:12.3

June 7, 2006 -- at Shoreline Stadium (WA) -- 4:12.8

Considering how rarely I run this event, I'm remarkably consistent. Yep, I can just crank out those 4:12s like a semi-fit machine.

Posted by crowther on June 7, 2006 10:58 PM |

Comments

Doogie,

Don't be so hard on yourself. Your unique talents are wasted on the 1500. I hope you get a chance at a decent 5k sometime. By my reckoning, you can definitely run under 15.

Posted by: Mad Dog | June 8, 2006 5:32 AM

What's your definition of "regulation track"? I don't recall the Williams track being 200m, though standards are looser indoors.

Posted by: pjm | June 8, 2006 9:21 AM

OK, pjm, you got me -- the Towne Field House track was 9 laps to the mile. I was using the phrase to justify omitting a race of approximately 1500m that I ran on a rutty quarter-mile dirt track a few years ago.

Posted by: crowther | June 8, 2006 10:05 AM