Around a mile and half warm up, then the 3200. I felt good before, but it was really rainy and a bit cold, and a tiny bit windy, but that wasn't near as bad as last week. We lined up and I made sure I got a good start. First lap wasn't as fast as it felt, but it was at a good pace. 1:05. Second lap was goal to be a 2:15. It was 2:15. Next laps were to just continue running 1:10s. 3:25. Right on. 1600: 4:36-7. One second slow, but I knew I had a bit of a coushion for the sub-9:20. I can't remember the next laps, but I knew I really slowed down on those laps. During these laps my arms started getting really cold. I didn't have anyone near me, and I just lost a lot of ground these next two cold laps. I lost focus just a bit, and I paid the price. With one lap to go I was at 8:15 ish. I had to sprint my last lap in a 65 to get a sub 9:20. I pushed it and got a 9:22. A bit disapointing, but with the weather and the high mileage this week I think it was a good race. After I ran the mile, which wasn't the best either. My goal was to run 4:18, but once the conditions got worse, I knew that wasn't going to happen. I ran my first 3 laps alone, then Tanner from Box Elder passed me with 250m to go, and I drafted off him for about 150, then tried to pass him in the last 100m I passed him and he slowed down a bunch, and I sadly did too. My time was around 4:27 I think, maybe 4:28.
After I cooled down, watched races, and ran in a 4X800m. I was our third leg, and when I started I was about 100m behind the second to last team. I bet my time was around a 2:20, but it felt good to run, because the sun had just came out for a few minutes.
PM- at 5 I saw I was short on my miles, and I really wanted to hit 50 this week, but during the first quarter mile my legs were aching, and begging to stop. Mostly my shins, but I tried to ignore it, and just go slow. After a little ways, my neighbor who was a runner from USU stopped me and we talked. He told me if my legs were hurting that much that I shouldn't try for extra miles. I figured he's probably right, and decided to cut the 3 mile run short and just do 1 mile. I just want to make sure I don't get injured this close to state and BYU. | 