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State Quals

June 2, 2016 (Night)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: Two PRs in one race!

Comments:
The bus was super crowded on the trip to Vestal. The way back didn’t feel as crowded even though some of the boys were sitting on the floor right next to my seat and it was a lot louder. When we got to Vestal, I waited around for about 20 minutes before going on my progressive warm up. I really didn’t want to run the 3k at that point, but then as soon as I got back to the track all I wanted was to just finish it. I went back to the stands and got my spikes and some water. When I got to the turf, I realized I went down there too late because they called the 3k runners to check in. I did some high knees and two strides before they called us over to the start line. We were just standing around for a while so I got a few more drills in before we had to line up. I thought the first lap was so exciting because everyone was in a big pack. I went through the first lap in 86, but I felt like we were going pretty slowly. It might’ve been because of the adrenaline because that feeling didn’t last much longer. I heard 5:59 when I came through the first mile and I got nervous because I ran the first mile of the 3k at sectionals in about 6 minutes and that race wasn’t very good. I had been trying to stay with this girl who was seeded at about 11:24, but I noticed she was slowing down so I decided to go around her. With 300m left I recognized the girl who had been running ahead of me at Parkhurst and I knew that I would hate it if I didn’t beat her so I picked it up some more and passed her too. I heard the official say 10:45 with 200 meters left so I knew I could get a solid pr if I really pushed the last 200. I noticed Kaylee Stone wasn’t racing and she was only 50 meters ahead of me so I knew that this would be my opportunity to be able to say I beat Kaylee Stone in the 3k and I went for it. I got her in the last 40 meters which was really satisfying. I think she is injured because she had tape on her legs an she wasn’t wearing spikes. I ran 11:25, my pr was 11:38 from the Parkhurst Invitational. I realized after I was done that this race didn’t feel as bad as Parkhurst, which is weird because I ran a lot faster. I did a 20 minute cooldown and I was dissapointed when it was over because I knew that it meant the end of my track season. I put on my “World’s Okayest Runner” after that and wandered around for the rest of the meet. People seemed to like my shirt, I was getting a lot of looks and some even came up to me to say something about it. I think I’ll wear this shirt at the Ithaca Festival Mile tomorrow. Emma and Nisha might be running in the mile too. I’ll probably stay for the parade after, but my parents are leaving for Cleveland on Friday night and they won’t be back until Sunday which means I won’t have a ride home. I don’t think this will be my last log until I start running again in 2 weeks because I’m going on a 30 mile bike ride in Oregon and my mom wants me to start training because I haven’t biked more than 2 miles in years.
Overall I think this was a great meet. There were so many PRs and really impressive races. I’m happy that I was able to break my 1500m pr during the 3k as well. I knew that if I ran the 1500 again this season that I would break my pr, and I wasn’t expecting it to happen like this, but I guess one way or another I ran a 1500 and I broke my pr by 3 seconds.