We didn't get a very good warm up, but it was alright. Nick and Kyler weren't running varsity, because they wanted to recover mentally and get ready for CacheBox on Wednesday, so we had Calvin and Ethan running instead. I didn't see anyone who would really push me, so I thought that I was going to be running alone. Coach told us to run this race faster than a regular race, becuase it was shorter. Push it more. This race is a bit different then others. They have the guys run the 4k, and then when a guy cross the finish line, he tags a girl, and she does the course, and that's how they give places.
We started and I didn't get a great start, being behind Steve for the first 200 or so. I then took the lead, and looked at two cones in a 2-D way and thought I was supposed to go through them, but the Bear River coach told me I needed to go around them, so I later fixed that. We then went on some rollers, and when I say rollers, I mean you take two steps up hill, two downhill, two uphill, etc. This really destroyed my pace, but I recovered after. For most of the race until the last 800 was mostly the same. I just tried to speed up and push it the whole race, trying not to slow down. My goal was a 4:55 pace. At 800 to go, I kept up my pace, and then with 600, the other set of rollers started. I then sprinted the last 150 all out, and heard Rory say, "...12:10, 12:11..." and then knew I wasn't going to make the pace I wanted, but I kept it up. Steve was 3rd and Dylan was 5th.
Our varsity team took 1st, and our JV girls took 1st also, I don't know about JV boys took though. Overall I feel alright about the race. I didn't have anyone really pushing me for anything after the first half mile, but it also was a shorter course, but I still have cache box on Wednesday, so I can get a better time there. | 