RACE- Woke up at 6:45 to get all packed up and ready to head to the race from Byron's Aunt/Uncle's house. Warming up I felt pretty good. I like running in the colder weather. Warmed up 4 miles on the course to get ready then did the regular race drills to warm up.
The gun went off and since I didn't have spikes in (they are warn out and literally CAN'T fit spikes in) I slipped right when it went off which tripped Matt and put me behind mike by at least 50m from the beginning, so I got up quick and sprinted to try and catch up. The whole first lap was basically trying to catch the leaders (which isn't a walk in the park). The whole lap I was just passing people the whole time. The second lap was pretty much the same, because I was still trying to catch up (I think we all know that it's easier to stay up then catch up). The third lap I see mike and jason quinn in the distance and coach telling me and byron we can beat mike...it was just such a big gap I let it intimidate me, so I didn't and ended up about 32 seconds behind him. I think it was actually a really good race, but the start hurt me a ton, because I was way behind Mike because of my fall and mike had quite a few kids in front of him. Next race I want to be with the leaders from the start and just go for it, because today felt like I didn't go all out...actually felt well within myself! | 