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 Wednesday, June 10, 2026


Heading into lap 2 in the mile at the Bella Mile Meet


Saturday morning, Alison and I headed to New Jersey to compete in the Bella Mile meet. Alison is recovering from a torn up knee that she developed when she took a fall on her driveway. The fact that she competed at all is amazing. She did well, ran 5:58.1. I did OK, ran 5:51.0. Age graded it comes to 79.49% . . . which vexes me--I really wanted to hit 80% at least. I improved my first outdoor time over my first indoor time in January by 5 seconds . . . so that's something I guess. This is just not my event, really. I haven't ever trained for it, and I don't like it very much (too long), but Alison insists it will be added training for our 800s, and she's probably right. 

The exciting part is that Rick Lee (now 65 years old), who was in my heat, set a new American Mile record for his age group! 4:56.1, and he set a new 1500 World Record (en route). I was thrilled for him. What an athelete! And, he only started running at age 58! 

With the Elite Masters winners (I got 5th place)


With my GPTC teammates: Betsy, Lorraine, Mark, & Alison

Training continued Monday--went to the track and ran an easy 400, then 4 x 200 meters in 31-33 seconds each with walk back rests. Trying to absorb putting 4 x 200 meters together at that pace for my 800. It ain't easy. Alison and I are heading to New Jersey again this Friday evening to run 800 races. It's the 2026 East Coast Track Championships meet (held Friday and Saturday--but we are just doing Friday). I'm getting a little nervous. I have high expectations for my performance. Apparently it is going to be extremely hot and humid, however. But at least we will be running in the evening. 




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