2nd day of the Alpha Invite. Today I was doing the 3200. I warmed up with Megan for 2 miles, then I just kept running so as not to lose my warmup. I didn't realize how long it was going to be until about mile 4. Then it was too late to stop running, if I did then it would waste whatever warmup I had. So I got 6.5 miles in. Yay. I really thought I would qualify today, but I guess not. I am really mad about my race. The first part of it I was right on pace. Summer Harper was pacing Candace to qualify and I knew I needed to stay with them. The first mile was all a blur, but I know that on one of the laps the pace just felt too slow and I passed Summer and Candace, which probably wouldn't have been a mistake if I hadn't have slowed down so much the next lap. I had a hard time focusing after that, then when Summer and Candace came up on me Summer said, "you're right on pace to qualify." Then they moved around me. Summer's so sweet. I really wish I had gone with them, I probably thought it was too hard or I wouldn't be strong enough or something else that probably wasn't true. I was crashing mentally. I thought it would've been a lot like Arcadia, where I just had to focus on the group and go with them. There was no group to begin with. I should've focused better and I am so mad about it. The worst part is that if I would've just stuck with Candace like I knew I needed to, I would've qualified. I think there were a lot of factors that went into this race, I didn't prepare as well as I should have, I had raced the previous day, and I had gotten a ton of warmup in, and plenty more that I don't feel like sharing. I did a mile cool down. | 