My team arrived to region about 30 minutes before the first event(1600) was to start, so I was pretty nervous. Based on last year's times I'd need to run a low 4:46, with my best being 4:46.85. I knew I could do that, but the recent sickness I was recovering from filled me with some doubts. There was thunder and lightning, so the meet was delayed an hour. While we all took shelter at Morgan High School, and while we waited Mason, Aaron, and I ran about a mile around the school to keep our muscles warm.
After the hour passed the three of us ran about a mile and a half for a warm up and did some stretches, and got on the starting line. I wasn't feeling too well, but I told myself that I would stick with Aaron. The first 400 we came in at a 66, which was around my goal, but it felt bad. The next 400 was even worse. At the end of the first lap I was in fourth, on Aaron's tail, but aaron went too quickly as well so he started to die out. I got passed by two park city kids during the second lap and the gap between Aaron and I grew. My next 700 was basically a jog. I got passed by another park city kid and I couldn't care less. The gap between aaron and I was an entire stretch. In the last 100 Kedric caught me, so I sped up and basically sprinted my last 100, feeling full of energy. I could have easily run the same time again, which was a 4:57. I felt like I let my team down, but I told myself there'd be redemption in my 800 race tomorrow.
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