AM- We just went for an easy run this morning to loosen up our legs for the meet this afternoon. We ran from the track to einsteins, had bagels, and then ran back to the track. It was 2.25 miles and took me 22:51.
PM- We had a track meet today, and it was very frustrating. We did all three distance events because the meet was supposed to be more of a workout. The mile was first and I did about a mile of jogging with some strides in it. Then for the mile I was really focused to run hard but it didn't happen. My splits were:
1:21-This was good, but I had planned to go out with the leaders and they were already 10 meters or more ahead of me, but I still should have been able to get a good time with this first split
1:35- I slowed down way to much on this lap, a few more people passed me
1:38- I didn't slow much down from my second lap, but I should have picked it up to make up for lost time
1:39- Obviously, I didn't really kick, because my last lap was my slowest, I need to work on a kick because so far mine is non-existent
My final time was 6:15. Then we had just a little bit of time before the 800 so, I did a little bit of jogging and then we had the race. This wasn't very good either because my 800 in the mile was faster than my actual 800. My splits were:
1:28- I went out way too slow!
1:33- Again, I didn't have a kick
Finally we had the 3200. I didn't do much warming up for this, just a little bit of jogging. At the starting line everyone on the team was planning on just running together and talking, but as soon as the gun went off the plan went out the door ( we're all too competitive). The 3200 wasn't so bad, but I should have run faster. Here are my splits:
1:36
1:39
1:42
1:44
1:41
1:44
1:43
1:34
In this race I did okay, after the second lap I tried to do pick-up's on all the straight aways, and in the last lap I picked it up which was good, but I still need to work on a kick.
All in all the meet was frustrating. I think some factors could have been all the miles I put on the bike, also I have either really bad allergies or a cold, but I still should be running faster.
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