After driving back last night at 11 pm, which was one of the worst trips I've ever taken, I got some food and went to sleep. I really wish this race was next week, but it doesn't really matter since the state meet took all my training away so I guess it's fine. I would have liked to get some more sleep though. State Meet went well btw. 1600 girl 7th, 800 girl 4th, and 4x8 boys 6th with an alternate. Alot of stuff happened that was bad, but it's over so I'm not going to worry about posting that. Todays race went as good as can be expected. Training has been lacking as of late, mostly due to track, but all the same I could be in better shape. Started off well. A 5:52 first mile was good and felt pretty easy, 12:06 at 2 miles. I knew I would never hold that pace though. Not in the shape I'm in. I'm just not ready yet. So I pushed through to mile 4 (25something). At that point I thought I was going to die and was just fighting to breathe and maintain pace. At 5 I heard 31:30 or something and knew I could pull of a sub-40. So I started increasing pace. I had a guy right with me, and in the end he got me, but I gave him a run for his money. It was nice though because we pushed each other. I sprinted to the finish, but there wasn't much left. All in all it was a great run. I think I could have went a little faster, but I'm happy with the effort. A few of my track kids ran a 37 and a 38. I'll be able to check exact times tomorrow. Whoohoo! School is out, track is over and I'm freeeeee.
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