C Mantz Running

AM-5.2 miles

PM-10 miles about. 1200 at 3:27, 400s at 62, 62, 60, 60

AM-4.5 miles early.

PM-9 miles

AM-3 miles

PM-5 miles with strides.

PM-2 mile shakeout

Race-2.5 warm up, strides, race where I spent a lot of time getting jostled and on the outside, saw 6 of my teammates qualify for nationals(!), then cool down. Time to prepare for the 5k.

Late race report: After the warm up, a prayer with the team, and strides, we got to the track.  I felt pretty good, but I just tried my best to confident, but not cocky/too confident.  Heading into the weekend, I had thought more on recovering for the 5k, and less on the 10k.  Race plan was to let the race play out until 5k, then move up.  Gun goes off, I get pushed around, but I'm in decent positioning on the inside middle pack.  As the race went on, I got pushed to the back.  Dallin and Michael were leading the first few laps and I was a bit surprised, but not too much. Dallin wanted a fast race and had been talking about it all season.  During the first few laps I looked around and saw Brayden directly behind me.  Later on in the race, I made a move to the middle of the pack and then after 2 laps, was pushed to the back again.  When I was in the back, I looked around again, and realized I was just ahead of Brayden and in the same spot I was in before, and that my earlier move was wasted.  After 5k, I moved up.  I realized Rory had taken the lead and was pushing the pace.  I was likely 30-40 meters behind the lead pack and I quickly made a move to the top 12.  It hurt, but it wasn't terrible once I settled back into pace.  Eventually I got right behind Rory and Tibebu Proctor from Washington and just sat on them.  After a lap or so, I realized that Rory was pushing the straights and jogging the turns.  I was annoyed with this and eventually took the lead from him with 7 laps to go.  After a lap of leading, I wasn't feeling great, so I let Tibebu take the lead, and I just stayed in the top 4.  Later Rory took the lead and I just sat on him until 200m to go.  At this point Tyler Day passed me and I was pretty sure I was going to qualify, so I just kept the pace for a 100m, then let up just a bit.  A few people passed me at the line, but because this is a qualifying round, it didn't matter.  2nd was the same as 12th to me.  After finishing, I turned around to see Connor Weaver cross the line.  I asked him if he made it(to the top 12).  He then asked me the same question, then turned to his family, and they were screaming for excitment.  Not only did Connor Weaver qualify for nationals, but Dallin Farnsworth did too, which was awesome!  We ended up having 6 guys qualify for nationals in the 10k in total, and it was great! Way excited for nationals!

AM-3 easy. Felt stiff.

PM-4.5 with strides. Felt better during the last stride

AM-2 mike shakeout

PM-3 mile warm up with Eric Hamer, strides, race, 8.5 mile cool down with Clayton.

Updated race report: Went out for a warm up alone, but quickly ran into Eric Hamer.  He is one of the nicest people in the sport, and it was great to warm up with him to calm nerves and to have someone to run with.  We were both on the world cross country team together in 2015, so we've known each other for a while.  Anyway, on the warm up, I tripped on a wire fell forward on the pavement.  Scrapped up my hand, knee, and jacket.  It hurt.  It took my mind off the race, but I would've much rather had something else to distract me from being nervous. After did some strides, got to check-in tent, stretched, did some strides on the track during Clayton's final lap, and was super nervous to know if he qualified or not(the announcers were only talking about John Dressel's dive for 4th, but not who took fifth, and the scoreboard had it in tiny letters, so I couldn't tell).  Eventually I found out he was 5th, so that was good to hear.  He said he went into it a bit too confident, and almost paid the price.  I knew my heat was stacked, so I was going to do my best to race smart.

Gun goes off and I get into good position in the middle pack.  The race started quick with Wyatt Didrickson leading the way for the majoriy of it.  Through this race, I always felt like I was in good position compared ot the 10k.  Robert Brandt took the lead with 5 or 6 laps to go and started hitting 65s.  I moved up to the outside of the second line (so fourth) and stayed there until about a little over a lap to go.  Then I was in 5th or 6th, but I knew we would have 7 qualifiers in our heat.  At 150m to go, I was in 6th, and I looked back and saw Robert Brandt was close, but I didn't see if anyone else was close.  With 100m to go, Luis started coming back to me, so I made a small move to pass him and finish in fifth.  

8.5 mile cool down with Clayton, some wiht Garnica, and Tyler and Robert from UCLA.