Crazy idea

Was looking at the meet schedule for the USATF Masters Outdoor Championships.  Thinking ... would it be possible to run the 100m, 200m, 400m, and 800m in this meet?   

Maybe.

I think so.

The thing is... the 400m final is over before any of the other events start.  I think the determining factor would be if they had a prelim for the M60 800m.  That would be too much, but according to the preliminary schedule, they won't have one.  Looking at the 2019 meet, the M60 age group was the only age group to have a 400m prelim on Thursday.  In 8 outdoor Masters Championships, I've only run one 400m prelim, and one at the NCCWMA.   It's silly, all to eliminate one or 2 people.  They should just run 2 sections of finals as they do indoor.   

Anyway... it's doable.  The only tough day would be Sat, where the 100m Final, 800m Final, and 200m Prelim are consecutive.   But the way it was scheduled last time, there is probably time enough in between.   

Due to the NCCWMA being held in Toronto in the same yr, the 2019 USATF Championships in Ames were not particularly competitive.  I could have possibly won all these events.  But, this year will be a lot better attended because there is no WMA meet.  

I guess my recent experience with the 800m has made me think.  Both M60 800m races in 2019 at USATF Masters and NCCWMA  were won in times slower than I ran yesterday.  

I could sign up for them all and scratch as needed.  That's what I'm thinking about doing.  

It seems like every time I go into a race with a few aches and pains, they all go away after the race.  This weekend was no exception.

Here what such a schedule might look like for M60... from the same meet in 2019:

Thursday 

    12:10 pm - 400m Prelim (probably won't happen)

Friday 

    12:16 pm - 400m Final

    3:20 pm - 100m Prelim

Saturday

    10:51 am - 100m Final

    12:44 pm - 800m Final

    2:04 pm - 200m Prelim

Sunday

    11:47 am - 200m Final

I don't want to get too greedy here and get hurt, but if I win the 400m on Friday, everything else is gravy.  If I lose the 400m, I'll want to get redemption by winning something else.  So it's good either way.  Looks like the most difficult thing is the 200m prelim after the 800m.  

Paraphrasing JFK...

We choose to race 4 events, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win...  

Like the old Schlitz beer slogan...  "you only go around once in life, so you've got to grab for all the gusto you can."

Still ... it's a CRAZY IDEA!