Ashley Couper can?t wait for her next race after romping home to an unofficial national indoor record at the weekend.

The Olympic hopeful ripped apart the field to ease to victory in the Mile at the Husky Indoor Invitational in Seattle in a time of 4:41.31.

But the oversize track at the venue means the Stanford University?s runner?s time will not count for a new Bermuda record ? something that doesn?t unduly bother the 25-year-old who is convinced that this will be her year.

?It just felt so easy,? said Couper, who finished three seconds ahead of her team-mate Katy Trotter on the 306 metre track.

?I am feeling in such great shape at the moment, I can?t wait for my next race. The way things are going in training and out on the track, I feel this is going to be my best season yet.

?I am just feeling really strong, even at the finish I felt very comfortable.?

A quick pace was set in the first quarter of Saturday?s race but things slowed in the second quarter leaving Couper, who retained her Front Street Mile title last month, somewhat frustrated.

?I was almost stumbling at one point we had slowed so much,? she continued.

?I had a runner behind me and one on my side and couldn?t really go anywhere. I was yelling at my team-mate to push ahead and in the end I just moved round all of them.

?With about 700 metres to go I took the lead, and some of the people watching said that I opened up a 15 or 20 metre gap.

?I felt really good and it was a pretty good time.?

Couper took a drugs test afterwards just in case the record had a chance of standing, but Bermuda Track and Field Association (BTFA) confirmed that under International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) guidelines the time could not count towards a national record because of the over-sized track.

The Seattle meet proved a good hunting ground for Bermudians with Tamika Williams also picking up a comfortable win in the 88 metres in 2:05.95.

BTFA president Judith Simmons told that Couper was told to take a drugs test on the off chance an official record for a 300 metre track could be recorded, but said the time definitely wouldn?t count for a national indoor record.

The BTFA were unavailable to furnish this newspaper with details of the current record or record-holder at press time.