Originally Posted by carleton

Keep things relative. We all know that different tracks have different handicaps.

Kissena is your home track. This is where you will do most of your work and it will be the first place you see your gains. So, maybe define your baseline and target times as "Kissena Times" and measure those.

The sprinters who race in Colorado Springs have the same problem, yet inverse. They race at altitude and generally run 0.5" faster than at sea-level. When they travel, their times are slower.