C Mantz Running

AM-workout.  3 mile warm up, strides, two mile tempo in 9:50, and then I started to head to the track for the real portion of the workout.  As I was running, I felt a strong and sharp pain in my hip.  I went from running to the track, to running slow, to walking for a bit, to standing, to sitting in pain.  Lots of pain.  After getting it stretched, rolled out, and massaged, I still hope I can race this week.  

AM-8 miles to be safe.  All was on the treadmill just in case.  Only a little sore.  

PM-5.1 miles easy.  Still felt slow and off. Ran in Sandy with the team for camp.  

AM-warm up, 400, 800, 2x400, and then cool down. 65, 2:07, 60, 60

PM-4 miles after floating the provo river as our team activity. 

AM-7 miles.  I forgot my wallet at home and was a bit late to leave for the airport.  Luckily we were good. 

PM-4.5 miles around where we had the conference meet last year.  I didn't feel good at all.  

AM-4.17 miles on a dirt area with Nico and his coach. 

PM-3.18 miles with strides. 

PM-2 mile shakeout at noon or 1.  I can't remember. 

Race-We raced at 9 or 10.  It was really late.  Warmed up well, just expected this to be like Stanford, where you just sit and hold on to the pack for most of it.  Well, it's been too long since I've been in a race like this, and I got a terrible start.  I was 2nd to last for the first lap and ran a 69.  For someone trying to average 67.0, that's a bad start.  After that I ran a 68.  Eventually I got in my groove, started passing people, and I caught up to Clayton after 4-5 66s.  We were 8:54 at 3200m, so that was on pace, but after a few laps of leading the chase pack (I was too far behind the front pack of Cheserek and Milly to make up the gap), I started struggling.  I'm not sure what it was, but I felt like crap.  At 5,200m, Zach Panning took the lead of our pack because I ran a 70(!), so I sat on him and tried to regain what I could.  We were 14:03 at 5k, which was not good because we were slowing.  at 6,800m, Panning made another move and I got passed by most of the pack.  I hung on, and with 400m to go, had enough to kick it in to run 28:07 and beat all but one from the pack.  It wasn't my best race.  I really didn't feel too great at all in the race.  I never had a pop in my legs or any feeling that I could get moving.  I'll take it, because it's a PR and there isn't anything else I can do about it, but it was a bit of a bummer to come all the way out to California and not 1. run the time I wanted and 2. not go with the leaders.  Good experience I guess, but it's the same mistake I make a lot in track.