7am- 2 miles easy this morning. Only went because I had to register for school after and that was the only time I could. Otherwise I probably would have gone for a bike ride. 6:45pm- First race of the season. I came into this race ready and excited and a little nervous. I warmed up 1.5 miles then did some warmups and watched a lot of the girls race then we all went to get in the starting line. We stood there till the cedar coach came then he started the race. I didn't start in a good position so I was passing people from the start. Good first mile, 5:30 I think. My legs felt good and my cotton mouth had gone away which I get at the start of every race. I started to get a little uncomftorble so I just blew any thoughts away and kept pushing. I saw kyler and kept him about a good 25 meters ahead of me. We got onto the sidewalk on the east side so I tried to surge and get some speed. Coming onto the track the second time I tried to think positive thoughts like, "I feel great, next time on the track I'll be finishing stuff like that." It really helped when I told myself positive things. As I came around by the green wall I was really close to Kyler and Matt was closing in on me. We came past coach and he told us some stuff so I started to speed up more. I got on the side walk and started to kick a little bit. I got ahead of Matt and Kyler. Matt said "only 600 meters" and I got a little adrenaline boost. I was coming up on Dallin the desert hells kid who beat me in the region mile and I wanted to beat him really bad. I sped up and got on his side and we kept speeding up. We passed lambert from cedar and as we got onto the track I was so close to giving up, my stomach hurt really bad. But I didn't want any regrets so at about 200m I dug deep and started sprinting and I passed him then on the curve blew pass colton and finished. I was pretty happy with my race and it was a 24 second PR. Things I can work on is my form when I get tired. I get tired and I lose my knee drive and I start to land on my heels so that can always be improved. Super pumped to have a great season.
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