Today was Arcadia! After driving the rest of the way to California and checking in to the hotel, we went over to the high school. When it was time to warm up I went with Dakota and Bill, talking about race plans and such. I did strides and stretched and Gued and all that fun stuff.
I had a terrible start, was last right off the bat. I pushed up on the straights and had an awesome first mile, came through at 5:25. The pack was going so fast, it freaked me out for a bit, then I remembered that this was Arcadia not a regular invitational. So obviously everyone there could run times that are faster than normal invitationals. I felt like I kept pushing myself but I slowed down a ton the second mile. There was pushing and shoving throughout the ENTIRE race I kid you not. That's what happens when you get that big of a pack. It was weird, the pack would speed up on the straights so it felt like speed changes. Im glad we do those a lot :) I fell off the pack towards the end. I think that was my mistake, I should have stuck with the pack. My calves were on fire the last 800. They still are. I had a hard time getting myself to kick, but I managed to out kick one or two girls.
I wish I had done better, my time was way slow for what I was expecting. It was even slower than last year. I'm quite disappointed, as with most of my races this season thus far. But I am more motivated now, and I think I know what I am doing wrong. My mileage last year was high the week before Arcadia, then we dropped. This year my mileage has stayed pretty low. So time to boost it back up. I also have failed at any attempts to do my core every night. I need to make it a habit. So I will try again and this time it will work. It will hopefully help me get my times down to where I want them.
I did cool down with the boys as they were warming up for the 4x1600.
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