Man, getting that mileage in really wasn't as hard as I was expecting, probably because it was so spread out during the day. Anywho, 4 mile shakeout in the morning with Bill and Chris for Chris's warmup. Then 2.25 to Subway and back. Then did 2 miles with Bill and Garek as warmup for the mile. Crap I accidentally deleted part of the notes I made on my iPod figuring out mileage, I'm forgetting a mile somewhere but I know I was at 10.25 miles after I raced the 1600.
Well, I knew the race was gonna go out fast. I wanted to be close to a 2:30 so that I can prove to myself breaking 5:00 is possible if I can be strong enough. Cause if I can't run a 2:30 first half how can I expect to run 2 of them? First 50m though I tripped on Tatum from Davis' shoe who had tripped from something else and accidentally slapped her really hard on the back because I reached out to catch myself (reflexes tho) so I feel really bad about that. Sorry! Splits were 73, 2:32 (79), 3:54 (82), 5:13 (79). Eeeeps. After the 800 I wasn't on edge and just ran it. Was mad at myself because I know I can do better and I really wanted to be 5:08-5:10, maybe if I was feeling really good 5:05. And I totally could have if I had kicked with a 70 like Bill's been saying. Afterwards I puked up my subway sandwich, should've listened to Bill when he said not to eat the whole thing. Well now I know.
Then ran a 2 mile cool down with Bill and Garek after our races, elevated legs and 1 mile warmup.
I was a lot happier with the 3200, wanted to break 11:20 but I qualified for state so yay. Mile was 5:32. Somewhere I made a move and ended up in no mans land for a loooong time. I should have pushed up to the top pack (of 4) when Sam from Weber did (she came up from behind me) but she moved up way fast (encouraging me to do so as well, thanks!) but I decided I didn't want to make a stupid move and die. So I remained in no mans land for the rest of the race, yaaaayyyy. But really ahhhhh because the wind was awful. So then the only other splits I remember were 7:00 and 10:00 for laps 6 and 7 which means 6:00 pace which means BAD. I kicked at 200 left because I decided right then that I wasn't gonna run this whole flipping 2 mile in the wind just to miss qualifying by a second or two. Ended up with an 11:23.81, 3 seconds under the standard :) And I also got 6th and medalled!
Then ran 2 miles on Davis's indoor track - 11 laps to the mile (wish we were cool enough to have one of those at our school) because it was pouring outside and then out for 2 more when it was just sprinkling. Would have finished then but the bus had to leave, so I did another 2 miles right when I got home.
Overall, happy with it. It was a nice reminder in the mile that I've still got it (I have been discouraged these past couple weeks because of my mediocre performance at Arcadia and my terrible one at Taylorsville. And Pineview feels forever ago even though it was only a month.) And in the 3200 I qualified for state and new PR at elevation. Finally. And I did all that on tired legs from high miles.
Shout out to Garek for winning both the 1600 and 3200, running a flipping 4:15!!!
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