I will report on this race later. Good race for me. I planned on not leading it at all, but led from 100m to 1410m. Elijah's last 200m was flying, and mine wasn't so much.
If you've already read the one about the 3200m, then it's almost the same. I warmed up with everyone, and then we got ready to race. Tyson had an epic race in his heat and his time was the 6th fastest of the day, and then we lined up. Before the race my hamstrings weren't hurting, but my hips were. Before the race Elijah told me there were a lot of good 800m runners in this race(kickers), so we were going to have to make it fast to run well. I wasn't planning on being the one to take the pace out fast, but I got next to Elijah, and he slowed down to let me in and lead(because he thought I wanted to and he didn't want to make me pass on the turn) and we came across the 200m at 32. That was slower than what I wanted, so I sped up the pace. I came across 400m at 63, so just a little fast. I stayed in the same effort for the next 400m(2:08ish), and then the next lap wasn't fast.
By this time I felt like I went out too fast, and my arms were hurting(lack of arm and core strenghtning. Need to work on that) With 600m to go, I made a surge, but Elijah matched it. I kept thinking of Boston, and how I wanted to go so bad(winner gets his way paid to Boston to the New Balance Grand Prix). I didn't look back, but hoped I had gained ground on him. With 400m to go, I think I slowed, and with 200m to go, Elijah passed me, and I don't know what happened. I usually can kick well, but I thought I could get him on the straightaway, but I didn't put any effort in to keep up with him. He ended up 4:16, I was 4:18.25, and Andrew was 4:18.55(he almost caught me. Thank goodness it was 1609 meters, not 1620.) Good race for me, but missed my goal of winning. Maybe next year or something. I cooled down with the Sky View guys for 2 miles, then ran mile to 2 miles on my own, then I saw Elijah, his dad and brother, and ran with them.
3 miles later, when I got home. It was planned to be easy(make up for not doing a long run this week), but ended up pushing it a lot more. I just thought about the race, and how I wished I could've pushed it a little more and been in better shape, but I gave it my all, or close enough to my all that I wouldn't have been in a different place.
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