Yesterday I had the opportunity to join about 50 other people at St. Joseph's college in West Hartford, CT for the Thursday Night Track Workout put on by Fleet Feet in Hartford. I usually don't like big group events like this but I'm hoping not to have to run by myself for the rest of my life, so I decided to check it out.
Initially I was worried that I would immediately be the fastest person and have to run by myself anyways. Perhaps that's a little cocky, but at my speed there are lots of people younger than I am who are still in school and not too many people who are working and on their own and likely to be at a big group track workout. Luckily, this wasn't the case. I got to run with the local fast-guy, Duncan, who is actually a very speedy guy and we traded off leading the hard intervals during a 30 minute fartlek on the track. I have raced Duncan once before at the 8 Furlongs Road Race where I beat him but it turns out he was just coming back after a marathon, so that victory rings a little hollow. In any case, I felt very welcomed and it was awesome to see so many people of so many different abilities out there running their hearts out. I will definitely be returning as often as possible. I even met another guy who runs and works where I do, so that was pretty cool.
This is just another reason to keep running (though I took today off because of a super-long day at work and a very long commute on top of lightning, thunder, and pouring rain!). In any case, if you're in the area you should definitely check out the workout (it's at 6:30) and maybe even stop by Fleet Feet. I bought shoes there, which was a very positive experience. They don't even pay me to say this stuff, I am just that impressed!
-Lane
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