Today was the Utah Distance Challenge at the Ice Oval. This is probably my favorite race of the year because it's quick, all distance, and the ice oval is my favorite track. I got there and warmed up for a while before heading over to get my heat assigned. I was in the third heat. They let us do strides in the outside lanes which was nice unlike BYU. They lined us up and I was in the fourth position on the line. The gun went off and I made sure to get out close to the front so BYU wouldn't happen all over again and we came through the first split in 00:45 which was perfect for my goal of 4:45. The second lap I just hung to McKay Mace from Timpanagos who was leading and kept getting pushed by some kid from Mountain View. I swear Mountain View kids are always jerks when racing, but on the next lap he fell off anyway. we came through this split in 2:06. At this point McKay fell back and the kid from Hillcrest who was on our bus to Nike took the lead. I was boxed in by him Jack from Wasatch Academy and a couple other kids. On the last lap we all picked it up and coming around the final turn I was feeling good, but apparently so was everyone else and I got out kicked by a bunch of guys. My final time was 4:43, so I hit my goal and am happy. Now I want to go to the UHSTCA championships in two weeks and get 4:37 for the mile, and sub 10 for the two mile. Splits (The ice oval is 442 meters around so they're kind of weird.): 274m - 00:45 716m - 02:06 1158m - 3:26 1600m - 4:43 | 