Day 2 of City County was today. I was kind of upset I didn't get to run the 3200 today but I knew I had to help out on the 4x400. Mike, Alek, and Garret still were able to go 1,2,3 in the 3200 though!! Mike cruised to an easy 9:49, Alek a 4 second pr at 9:51 and Garret Barton the freshman phenom with a 8 second pr running a 9:53!!! I was really happy for them! Sadly Harrison still isnt fit enough to finish strong in the 3200 so he kind of lost it in the last 800 and took 7th but in due time he'll get there.
Soon it was time for the 800, so I warmed up an easy 15 with Dylan and Travis. We stretched, did plyos and strides, and it was time to race. I didn't get that good of a start. There was a lot of jostling around for position in the first 50 meters and I managed to take a spike to the shin which really stung but I couldn't worry about it. Dylan took the lead for the first lap and I sat back in 3rd place for a bit and we came throught at 60-61. As we moved onto the back straight of the last lap, Will Palmer from Weber moved into first but I saw his arms start to tie up. With 200 meters left I moved into 1st and gave it my all. With 75 meters left in the race I started to tie up really bad but I was able to hold off untill the finish winning in 2:00 (about 59 for my last lap). Dylan took 3rd at 2:01 and Travis was 6th with a 2:05 which is a 2 or 3 second pr I think. Mike was still feeling tired from the 3200 so he took 8th running a 2:07. I was realy happy with having my official pr being 2:00 but I was also really upset I still didn't qualify for state which is 1:59 but I'm sure I'll get it later. I cooled down by my self an easy 5 minutes and stretched.
As time drew near for the 4x400, I warmed up by myself again another 5 minutes. Still tired from the 800, Dylan was set to anchor while I took the 3rd leg. Alek started off running a strong 54 for his leg and keeping us close to the leaders which were Weber and Bonneville. Nathan was our second leg and ran a good 55, however the leaders had gapped him and he gapped the next pack of kids so he was in no man's land. He handed off to me and I ran out by myself and didn't really know how to pace myself. I hit the 200 at 29 and realized I ran too conservative. I sprinted as hard as I could closing in a solid 25 for 54, handing off the baton to Dylan, still in no man's land. Dylan gave it his all and ran a solid 55, taking 3rd place way behind the leaders but way ahead of the next pack for a combinedd time of 3:41. The four of us cooled down an easy 15 minutes.
As far as team scoring goes, we finished 2nd place with 133 behind Weber (166.5) and ahead of Fremont (81). Some of our guys just had an off day but we still did well as a team. This is the best we have done in this meet in over a few years but I still wish we could have pulled out the Win.
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