I was going to run a free 800m race next Tuesday, but I realized that I have a Stake training meeting that I need to be at that same night. Instead I decided to run a solo 800m time trial today. I went out to the track to run the time trial, and when I got there I found out that the track had been torn up as a new one is being installed soon. So, luck was obviously not on my side, but I figured that I could run a half mile time trial out on the Pittman wash instead. I ended up running the time trial just over 5 miles into the run, running a few strides before starting. Luck was still not on my side, as I had a solid headwind that I had to deal with for the entire half mile. It evened things out a bit seeing that there was a net downhill during this section of the trail, but I still think that the wind had a net slowing effect on the performance vs what I would have run on the track. I was also running a half mile on a trail vs. 800m on the track. 800m is actually about 5m shorter than a half mile and is measured 8 inches from the inside rail, meaning that if you run right on the rail the distance is actually shorter than 800m (at least for the inside leg). Anyhow, I started the time trial and struggled with the fact that I was not getting consistent pace feedback. I tried to keep the effort hard to make up for the lack of pace feedback, but the wind was making things difficult for me. I finished somewhere in the high 2:09 to mid 2:10 range. So, obviously not what I would have liked to run, but conditions were not the best. Total time for the run was 1:16:24 | 