Well, this meet was extremely different than I had planned, but it still went good for me. It rained until the 3200m which was at 5 I think. We got there, did a shakeout mile, then I watched a lot of races that my teamates were in. I wasn't feeling too great, and was a little down for the morning, but before my race, my cousins came to say hi, so that boosted my spirits. Then I was able to talk to Kramer, and that helped me get more ready for my race. At about 2:45, Alex and I started warming up. We then stretched and got to the starting line. I hadn't been feeling that good for a lot of the day, but as soon as we got to the starting line my legs felt fresh.
The gun went off, and Sam from Riverton, who was to the right of me, didn't start out fast, so it was easier than usual to battle for position. I got into 4th, behind Brewer, Brower, and Kramer. I felt great, but mentally was just telling myself to be ready for their kick, and to not slow down when it happens. I hit 62 for my first lap, then 2:07-08(not sure) at the 800m. Around here Kramer passed Brower, so I made a move to get ahead of him too, and try to stay on Kramer. Somewhere I passed Kramer, but I can't remember when. At the 1200m I didn't hear the split, but I was just trying to hang on. I tried to pass Brewer on the last three straightaways, but on the first two he was too fast. With 200m to go, his hamstring tightened up, and I was able to pass him on the final straight. Too bad about his hamstring, he's a great runner, so I feel like he should've beat me if he had felt better.
Afterward I ran a good cool down with pretty much everyone that was in the mile. Then I layed down for 10 minutes, then watched some races, warme up for the 3200m and got going in that race. My goal in the 3200m was to just hold on to the guy in first and outkick him the last 600m or something, but I got out well, and hit my first 200m in 33. I slowed down a lot then, and hit my 400m in 69, and then slowly slowed down and finished in 9:28. I wanted to hit 9:20 atleast, but I wasn't ready to push myself that much. Mentally, I was too tired. Physically, I actually felt great. In the race I heard I had 100m on everyone at one point, but I slowed down, and they sped up, so that went down to about 50m at the finish. It didn't feel like a race though, because no one went with me. It wasn't they couldn't have gone with me, because they could've, it was they didn't. I'm happy with the race, but feel like I should have put more effort in the 3200m.
After that I cooled down with JD from Mountain Crest, then did 4 more when I got home.
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