The old man of the track weighs in

Looking at the start list of the Ed Temple Classic, a big indoor college track meet, my seed time in the 200m (25.26) put me dead last of 72 entries. Heh.... no where to go but up. In the 400m, I didn't submit my season best 55.54 as a seed time, a less optimistic 56.09 which put me 45th of 49 entries.

I was disappointed not to see some of my Masters track friends from Atlanta on the list. But, I did see on the list Sonja Friend-Uhl - the W40 800m / 1500m World Champion. At age 40 (almost 41), she is the #1 seed in this meet in the mile (4:49) and #2 in the 800m (2:10). Amazing. Knowing her, she'll probably win both. I sat with her on the plane coming back from the Masters Nationals and got to chat a bit with her.

Should be a fun meet. I don't want to set too lofty goals, but I'd love to be somewhere around 57.5 in the 400m and 25.5 in the 200m. That would be good for the first time out. Not getting injured would be even better.