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silverwood meet

September 12, 2009 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
Well, I ran pretty decent this week. Not as good as I wanted, but I didn't run bad either.

The starting line was really scary. There were so many people on the starting line, and there was hardly any room for our team. We had to make room. Ashley and I had to start behind everyone else, so that made it even scarier. But once the gun went off, it wasn't so bad. I didn't get stuck in the back of the whole crowd, and made it out of the gate just fine.

From then on, the race went by pretty quickly. I think I ran the first mile just a little faster than usual. I think it was just the rush of being caught up in this huge crowd. Everyone around me was running pretty quickly.

The second mile was my favorite. This part included the pavement, which is my favorite part of the course, because it's the part of the course that I always pass a bunch of people on.

The last mile, as always, was the hardest for me, but I think I did alright. I'm getting better at that third mile. The second half of the third mile right before the finishing stretch is always the hardest part of the race for me. I think I had a pretty good finish though. At least, that's what people told me after I was finished. Towards the end of the race, Ashley told me to go, and that's when I made myself speed up. I don't really know if I passed anyone or held anyone off, I was just trying to give it all I had left, and make it to the end.

So, overall, I had an okay race. I didn't accomplish my goal though. I wanted to beat my time from last year, which was 22:21, and maybe even run sub-22. But I didn't. I came really close, like 22:26 or 27. Oh well. I guess I have the rest of the season to break 22 minutes.