Today was day 2 of Pine View. I ran 2 laps then stretched, then mile warmup mile speed changes. Then drills and strides. At first I was worried I was going to have a bad race because I ate too much breakfast. But I was fine!
When I starte racing, I almost felt like it was tempo, the pace was so easy! But of course it gets harder to maintain. I came through at an 82 first lap, don't remember many splits. Came through the mile at 5:39-5:40. With a lap to go I was 10:10 I think.
At first I focused on my time and what I was hitting, which was right on pace. Then I started to focus on people around me, and it became a lot easier. I think going into the third lap on the backstretch I caught up to some girl and was about to pass her, but so were three girls that came up behind me. One was Millika, at that point I told myself to stick on her and dont let her go. So I did just that. In the fifth and sixth laps she'd start to gap me by like 3 meters, then I'd close it again. With a lap to go I was right behind her, at the 300 I started to kick, passed her, then she passed me back on the curve, and then on the straight I gave it all I had.
On the curve of my kick I felt I could have kicked harder, I started to back off even. Freak. I missed state qualifying by 0.45 seconds. I am really upset that I missed just by that much, i should have kicked harder. That's .06 of a second a lap! But I know I can qualify for state. For the first time in a long time I believe in myself. I have proved that state qualifying is within reach. I know that by the end of the year I'll be there. First PR of the season so that's good news! (At least in Utah haha, Arcadia time from last year is still faster).
cooled down with Eleanor for 4 miles. Then hurried back to Salt Lake to get ready for Junior Prom :)
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