Today is the first track meet of the Season!!!! So when I arrived up at BYU I checked in and stretched a bit. Then I went on a warm up of about .75 of a mile. I did that very slow because I ankle was hurting. When I was done, I had my dad massage my ankle which made it feel loads better. After that, I went over to the East groups stuff and did drill their while cheering for the girl milers. They called us over to the bull pen and seeded us. I was in heat 3 so I still had like 30 minutes till my race. When the girls finished, I stretched while talking to RJ about his new college life and doing drills withe the two Sarahs, that felt really good because it was nice to loosen up my legs. When they finally called my heat I went over to the starting line. At the line I did 4 strides at about 70 percent speed. The LOUD gun goes off and were off. I started out where I needed to be. Not with the group that sprinted right from the beginning or the group behind them but the third group. So i was in about 6th place for the first lap. Our first lap was 57 seconds which is a little faster than what I needed to do to be sub 5 in the mile. Going around the second lap, 3 people passed me and we finished the lap with 2:20. I was feeling good until this point. At this time, it was not my ankle that started to hurt but I was just getting tired. So a few more people pass me and I became all of the sudden exhausted. Then some guy, who flipped me off when he was passing my decided to pass me and I stuck with him to his utter amazement. I was with him for the rest of the race. I did what I was supposed to do starting the fourth lap, using the curves as a speed change and just holding on on the straightaways. Going around the last lap, me and this jerky kid start picking up the pace and with about threefourths of the last lap to go, I start really picking up the pace and sprinting. This guy wont let me pass him so I just decide to go on the outside and sprint past him. I do so and hold him off for about 200 meters. On the final stretch we catch another kid and pass him, then me and the kid who flipped me off are neck and neck until the last like foot. Still now, I am not sure who was in front either me or him but it was way close. Overall I was OK with my race but I need to get my strength back to hold off on the third lap. I wanted my time to be 5:20-5:40 and I was sort of close to that but still no cigar..... Going around the final curve, the jerk who flipped me off was passing me on the outside so I am forced onto the line and I ended up stepping on the cone so I was disqualified.:(
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