Track Workout

Yesterday was a track workout. We started with a mile warmup with drills mixed in, then everyone got their assignments. Mine was fairly easy, 5x400 with 400 rest in between. Try to keep all 400s around the same time. My times: 2:07 (too easy, I was feeling things out), 1:57 (better), 2:01, 2:01, 1:58. Not bad. I was told to walk the rest laps, and I did, but I think that's too easy. Next time I'll try and jog them. I'd also like to get all laps under the 2 minute mark. The goal over time is to work that time down. It's kind of sad that I'm running the equivalent of 8 minute miles, only I'm doing it with lots of rest in between. I would have expected better. Heck, some of the other people on the track were just cruising, and their cruising pace was roughly the same as my running hard pace. Needless to say, that's a little discouraging. Even with this relatively light workout, I'm a little sore today. What the heck?