3 miles in the morning to the bridge. Josh and John started about 30 seconds after us and pretty much stayed that distance for the entire 3 miles. Pretty funny because Ben totally called that they wouldn't catch up to us, even though we were going like 9 minute pace.
Raced the 1600 at Pine View in the afternoon. Josh, Ben, and I jammed out to some 95.9 on the way over so that was pretty fun. When we got there we found out that we weren't in the fast heat, so we were pretty bummed. But we found out that we were still in the next fastest heat with a lot of good 3A runners, so we were pretty pumped again. Warmed up 2 miles and got down just in time to get our spikes on and do a few strides. I was lined up the closest to the inside on the second stagger, I really like that waterfall stagger! Anyways, I got out good and ran a good first lap, but let Byron and Garret gain to much space on me in the second lap. I need to stop doing that, and start being more aggressive with holding my position. I think I let too many people just cut in front of me, and they just slowed me down. I finished hard and took 4th in my heat. After I went through the finish chute and gave them my sticker I looked up at the clock (which was still going) and it was at 4:33! I was way surprised because I didn't think I would have a fast time, and felt like I still had too much left in the tank. My official time was 4:26.84 which was an awesome PR for me, almost 7 seconds! Hopefully I can carry some of that momentum into the 800 tomorrow and have another good race. Cooled down 2 miles afterwards with the team and some of the guys from Hurricane, what a cool bunch of runners!
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