Track and Field Blogs - Chad Johnson

The next race on my schedule along with a few other Hanson athletes is going to be the US 15k championships in Jacksonville. Training has been going better than it has in years for me. Kevin, Keith, and myself thought it would be a good idea to take a small break from marathoning and do a speed segment. I've hardly even touched the track since finishing 8th in the 2004 Olympic trials 5k. I was happy to find out the speed is returning to my old legs as I managed a 8:07 3k last weekend. It wasn't a pr but it was only 12 seconds short of one in my first track race back. My next goal will be to break 45:00 at the 15k. Back in 2000 when I started running these US championship races I could expect to finish in the top 10 with a time like that. It's so competitive in the US now that it might not get me in the top 20 this year.