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January 5, 2012 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: Cool

Comments:
Tomorrow's our first regular season meet so we went nice and easy.

A little about my expectations for tomorrow: I'm seeded with my PR in the 800, 2:08, but my actual goal is to run in the range of 2:12. That would put me in a better place than this time last year, and my workout at Bates this week suggests I'm more than capable of that. On the other hand my endurance has gotten to be a lot worse, so confronting less strength but around the same speedas before, I think I'm going to see my racing strategy change from the 1600/800 racer's "go out easy and come in hard" technique to the 400/800 racer's "Push the first 400, slow down, then leave it on the track for the last 2." I'm not sure who I'll be racing apart from Spencer and Thomas (2:11 and 2:07 seeds respectively, although Thomas will be coming off the mile, so I expect him to go out hard and die in the second half).

As for the 4x2, I want to reclaim my spot on the 4x2 A team, which is currently occupied by Murry. As long as I can beat Caswell, who is on the B team with me, I will secure my spot on the 4x2 team at states since Reid will need to do the two jumps and the hurdles, but if I can get on the A team now instead of later that's all the better. Murry seems to be running 25.low, which I think I'm capable of beating.