AM:
2 mile Shakeout run.
PM:
2.5 miles of warmup total, some of it an hour earlier than the rest checking out the course. Strides and stretching at the line.
Got out good, there were a lot of girls up front cause you know everyone goes fast at the beginning. But it soon thinned out. I found Kate and pushed up to her and another girl. It was us 3 in a pack and maybe another girl up front? I don't really know. Came through the mile with those two at 5:42, my plan was to hit 5:50 so I gave myself room. I wanted to be under 12 at the 2 mile. A mile and a half in it started to hurt, but Bill yelled "halfway there" which helped me to think about something else. I was sort of amazed at how fast it was going by, halfway came sooner than expected. It was around there that Kate and the other girl gapped me, Bill was yelling to close the gap and I was trying but evidently not hard enough. I wish I would have stuck with them for even a little longer. Two mile split was 11:48 (6:06). That was when I started to actually believe I could break 19, I was really gonna do it! The last mile was really hard, but I worked and didn't let it slip too much. I should have kicked harder but I was hurting and didn't really want to. Got to work on that. Started my kick with about 200 left. 2 girls outkicked me in the last 50 meters, wish I would have pushed harder.
Overall I'm very happy with my race, I finally PR'd! I surprised myself too, I wanted to break 19 but didn't really believe I could, yet I did it! That point in the race where I actually believed I could was awesome, then when I actually did it was the best feeling in the world. There were a lot of turns too so they may have slowed everyone down a little.
Cooled down to 8.5.
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