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MVHS, BOR, @ Meridian

March 18, 2011 (Night)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: cloudy windy

Comments:
This was a great way to start the season. A win in the 3200 over some good competition and a crazy 4X400. I woke up with a lot of allergies and was a little concerned with how they would affect me, but they mostly went away by the time I ran.

3200: I really wanted to break 10:00 during this race, but yet again missed it barely. Good news though is that I didn't really feel like the pace was too much for me at any point. The first mile was pretty slow, I let a borah kid (powell?) lead the first lap. He took us through in a 78, so I decided to take the lead in the second to string out the pack. Fairly consistent lap times for the first 4. Maybe sped the 3 and 4 up a bit. Crossed the 1600 mark at a 5:08, which is a little bit slower than what I had wanted to run. Lap 5 and 6 I picked it up even more and put a little gap between myself and Parker. I finally broke away during the 7th lap and cruised on to take the race. Second mile was a 4:58. Major negative split. Also I ran on my toes the entire race which I believe really helped. I feel confident that I could have easily broken 10:00 if mile 1 was a little faster or I pushed a little harder on mile 2. I just wanted to see what pace I could run fairly comfortably.

4X400: Took a while for Dylan, Austin, and me to find a 4th, but John stepped up and got us in the race. Having just finished the 3200, I ran the anchor leg. When I got the baton I was in last with a gap of 50 meters or so to the person in front of me. I closed the gap to around 5 meters by the end. I can't believe I ran a 55.6 second 400.

Long run tomorrow @ Bar de nay... maybe. Definitely long, maybe bar de nay.

Oh and the 800 meter run was truly a sight to see. Poor J.R., went out in a 31, 65, and hit a wall at 600.