Today was not my day. I ran the 1600m after running a slow 2 miles by myself before the meet and a 3 lap warm up at the meet. Got new shoes today (asics 2120) and I ran this race in them. They hurt a little because of the newness but were better than my other shoes would have been. My left foot still hurts pretty bad, I keep getting told it should ease up because I got new shoes, so here's hoping. It was a little windy but my time was pitiful even for there being wind. One second slower than last meet where there was harder wind, and 10 seconds slower than my PR (which wasn't incredibly hard for me to get at the time...)
Grass loop warm-up (.5 mi) and then the 3200, which was worse. Ruth paced me and I wore her racing flats. I felt pretty fast, and I felt good like I was really workin it and that I was doing better. The wind was gone and I felt like I was gonna make a good time. I had moments where it was hard to keep my pace but overall I felt better than I usually do in the 2-mile, and I didn't absolutely die on the fifth lap. When I finished I was actually surprised at my time and I couldn't talk to anyone for at least five or six minutes (I actually yelled at Kareena), and thats why when ruth said "let's run the 4x4!" i was completely up for it because i felt like i had a choice of either throwing something really hard at someone or running a lap really hard to get rid of my anger. I forgot to do my cool down after but who cares, i am done. | 