I got to the race and there was still a while before I Ran so I did a few laps on the basketball court and sat in the bleachers for a while. They had us all gather around while they assigned us heats and sat us down in the corral. It was really annoying because I never got a chance to warm up. They sent us out to the line without letting us do strides. The gun went off and I got out midpack, my legs were in shock because I started out so cold but I was able to tuck in behind Daniel Bentley who I was going to try to stick with. we came through at 56 or 4:40 pace and I was feeling good so I tried to move up to the front, but as soon as I started to go someone tripped me and fell pretty hard. I scraped myself up pretty bad and got some nasty trackburn on my elbow and shoulder but I hopped up and tried to get back with the pack. By the end of the lap I had caught up with the pack but I had lost about 5 seconds, and any momentum or rhythm that I had before. I just kind of went with the flow for the rest of the race and finished in 4:56. I was dissapointed because I know I could have been at least under 4:50 if I wouldn't have fallen. At the end I didn't even feel very tired. Oh well, my goal is to run 4:45 at the ice oval next week and I think that should be realistic.
Later I ran 4 miles on my own. I
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