Today the varsity team met up with Harley, a former teammate now on the women's track/XC team at UVU. 2 miles from the park to the track, then 3x1000 repeats with a 600m jog in between. I took the repeats a little too easy, gaining the lead and then coasting there. The first one was about 3:15, with Mason and aaron about 5 seconds behind me. The next one I tried to stay with the team. Our first 200 was a 40, the next was a 43, the one after that a 49. At that point I sped up and blazed past the pack, running a 68 last 400. The others were still about 5 seconds behind me. On the final one Aaron started behind me in lane one, with austin and mason in lanes 2 and 3. At 100m in I started to take the lead, but mason cut me off and austin pushed me in to my lane, boxing me in. With 600m to go the three of them were running in a line about 10m ahead of me(I had mad stomach cramps during this repeat). On the straightaway going into the final lap I passed Austin, caught Aaron, but then the cramps came back stronger so I couldn't get mason, who ran around a 3:13. I did 3:19. I ran an extra mile more than the rest of the team coming back because I strayed in order to find a bathroom.
Another 4 miles up on the trails with strides that evening. Felt nice.
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