well, i guess this was a good race for me. splits were 1:12, 1:11, 1:13, 1:13, 1:13, 1:14, 1:12, 1:06.
i started the race ranked 3rd but i thought i would get fourth with tyson ahead of me. i started the race, fairly slow but right behind the top pack. as the laps went by, i went with their moves, on about the 6th lap they made another fast move and thats when i passed tyson. i knew somthing was wrong cause he wasn't running normal and later i found out that when tyson took the lead on about the 6th lap an ogden kid went to pass him and cut him off causing him to hit the railing thing on the side of the track and it twisted his bad ankle so he fell back and pretty much just finished the race (still getting 5th). on the 7th lap Jason from dixie burst past me and i didn't expect him at all cause he's only been running 9:50's this season so i tried to stick with him. coming onto the last lap i fell back a bit but i kept pushing hard and i finished 3 seconds behind him (20 second PR for him!) stinkin kid beat me in the mile too. Next year will be fun to race with him.
800 was later. ranked 2nd in the 1st heat out of 2. i was hoping to get sub 2 so i could maybe score some points but i really blew it the last lap. first lap was a perfect 1:00, then going onto the last lap i just settled as if i was in the 2 mile and a group of kids past me. ended fine but that first part killed me. got a 2:02 again. i know i could've got a sub two i was just not running right. It stinks that tracks over, it went by really fast, but i have to wait a whole year before i can try again to get better times. I'm going to miss this stuff; but thankfully there is XC to fill my heart.
overall i'm sad i got worse then all of my rankings but happy with a 2 mile PR. Our team PINE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL took the 4A state boys title and i scored 7 points. | 