Racing an indoor mile without any indoor track training? (USATF master's indoor mile)

Doesn't matter much. You looking for a coach?

I think most HS kids end up doing that, you should be okay. Just put in the work and your body will go.

It is very commonly done. Biggest problem might be the dry stale indoor area. If you not used to it, it can be different.

MoCo ... are you in Montgomery County MD? There are indoor meets around the DC area every winter; I'm not sure about now during covid but I think the PG Sportsplex indoor track is open to the public during certain times if you look on their website.

Sub-8 Mile wrote:

MoCo ... are you in Montgomery County MD? There are indoor meets around the DC area every winter; I'm not sure about now during covid but I think the PG Sportsplex indoor track is open to the public during certain times if you look on their website.

I've suspected MoCo of being from Montgomery County, MD in the past, but he/she doesn't seem to know the DMV scene. The issue here doesn't seem so much to be indoor, but rather the banking. The bottom line is that there are many opportunities to compete indoors if you are willing to travel a bit, but there are few opportunities to train indoors. Biggest adjustment issue I see is being able to deal with the drier indoor air and keeping count of laps.

Sub-8 Mile wrote:

MoCo ... are you in Montgomery County MD? There are indoor meets around the DC area every winter; I'm not sure about now during covid but I think the PG Sportsplex indoor track is open to the public during certain times if you look on their website.

Yes, I am in Montgomery County, MD.

Are you referring to the PVTC for indoor meets or something else? I've been checking out the PVTC website and it seems like things are on hold for the time being due to COVID. I would love be able to do a mile race (indoors or outdoors) between now and March!

Thanks for all the feedback, it sounds like I shouldn't worry about racing indoors without training indoors. I have thought about the stale air and know it's not great. Well I do workout on the elliptical once a week, so maybe that helps, ha.

As for the question about looking for a coach, I have thought about it, but for now I'm training on my own by feel with the occasional time trial. It's been fun.

CrispyChicken wrote:

I've suspected MoCo of being from Montgomery County, MD in the past, but he/she doesn't seem to know the DMV scene. The issue here doesn't seem so much to be indoor, but rather the banking. The bottom line is that there are many opportunities to compete indoors if you are willing to travel a bit, but there are few opportunities to train indoors. Biggest adjustment issue I see is being able to deal with the drier indoor air and keeping count of laps.

I've lived in the DMV my entire life, but if you mean I don't know the track racing scene, that's totally accurate. I did lots of road races many years ago but never did track races aside from a very local one here or there. Other than PVTC, are there other clubs that I should be on the lookout for races?

Yes, I was referring to PVTC. I think they had a few outdoor meets during August / Labor Day. Not sure what's going to happen for indoors.