3 in the morning. It was way cold and really foggy so I went to the walking park as the not get ran over. the walking park is a 1/3 of a mile on the outer loop, so I ran nine of those. First one was like 2:20 because I was getting stretched out, but the I pushed the pace. Nothing crazy, just trying to be the best hobbyjogger I can be(Its official. #hjptakeover) laps after that were 2:04, 2:04, 2:04, 2:00, 2:04, 2:08, 2:04, and 2:01. 18:49 for three miles.
We were having a practice meet to see who qualifies to go to simplot(I'm going FYI). I thought "what the heck yabba dabba yolo" and ran the 1600 at 3200 pace. There were two heats. Aaron, Kedric, and Talon were the noteable runners in my heat. We decided to make a train of me Aaron and Kedric, each leading an alternating lap in that order(there were a little over 7 laps, 43 splits are right at 5:10-15 pace) First lap and I take the lead quick. I try to conserve as much as possible to stay with the other two but it was hard. First 263m lap in a 40. I yell out the split as I had the only watch and Aaron said something like "Good thing I'm on pace" and I dropped behind Aaron, Kedric, and Talon(what?). Hit 2 laps at 1:28. Aaron drops behind and Kedric leads. Split was a bit slow again. Talon decides he doesn't want to lead the speed train and tries to drop behind with Kedric but ended up stumbling me and Aaron and slowing us down. I hear coach Hill yell "2:40"! at the 800 and I panic and I'm gone. I took off pretty quick. I ran scared, knowing Aaron could get me if I relaxed too much. I remember passing Heaton and hearing her yell at me "3 laps"! "2 laps"! At one lap the other coaches were there and they yelled at me to kick, and immediately I heard the yelling at Aaron to catch me. With one lap left I was at 4:30. I knew Aaron was going hard but I remembered "Hey this is just tempo" so I finished with a lot left in the tank. Won it with a 5:12. Good neg. splitting, 2:40 and 2:32 800's. Didn't feel too hard, I finished and hit a wall with my fist for my loyal fans who cheered me on and felt alright. 27 90 degree curves kill though. I think Christian ran around my time so I might have not truly won it, but I'll say that I made an M today. Felt good! Jacia got 2nd in the girls race, and Rylie got 3rd. Aaron had me do squats with him but after a while baseball came in and Aaron talked to them and I dipped. 2 mile cooldown outside, came back to the indoor then ran another cooldown mile while Jacia and Tommi ran the other direction. After one lap I made the comment "Nice form" where we proceeded to insult each other many times, when she hit me with a low blow that will remain disclosed. I thought she had me beat, but I went savage with the comment "Nice second place finish". A little over 6 for this session. Good day. I was pretty worn out from the morning workout but it went over well.
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