Tuesday track, Hope High

Eight lanes, one stopwatch and a set of intervals written on an index card before you arrive.

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Sessions

Distance
3 to 5 miles
When
Tuesdays, 6:15 p.m.
Who it's for
Anyone with a race in the calendar
Since
2015

The school lets us have the track after six. We warm up for a mile, do the set that is on the card, and jog it out. Nobody races anybody. I read the splits out loud so people learn what their own effort feels like, which is the only thing a watch cannot teach.

All Where we run
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The lanes get painted in April
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Numbers you learn to feel
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Long shadows on the back straight
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The lights come on at seven
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The set on the card
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Warming up, badly
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Floodlit and freezing
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The infield in summer
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Everyone's shoes at the start line
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Waiting on the line, not racing