I warmed up with the East team, two miles with striders on and off, my back was hurting so much before the race I was almost certain I would dnf. So my goal was to finish and not take last, I achieved this, taking 2nd to last in the fastest heat. Under the circumstances I think I did well and pushed through as well as I could have. I was contemplating making a move to mid pack but I was worried I would hurt my back more and then dnf. I still ran hard and gave it my best under highly strenuous conditions and ran an ok time on a slow track so I'm not disappointed at all, it was kind of hard to have fun with the pain and stuff but I'm feeling ok now, I might do the 3200 but the 4 and the 8 are no gos. I cooled down with the east team but my back was really killing me so its been kind of a rough day. I talked to Conner for a while, he's sick but he still ran 4:20 to win the race, Garek made it really close, making a 7 second PR! Hopefully my back feels better by next week! 14th in my heat and in all the meet, could've taken 5th or 6th if my back wasn't hurting. 6th place was 4:39. Coach Cobler looked at my back and said it was my paraphormus, its more of a hip/pelvic injury, but its feeling better now. I will take some anti inflammatory medication and rest/ice a lot and hopefully it will feel better Monday. I had a good time at the meet, I got to spend time with Syracuse and East and Conner helped me find Coach Spence which was really nice! |