I got about 7 hours of sleep, so not bad. Got up at 6:30, ate breakfast and we left and got to the meet at 8. The 32 was the first event but we had longer to wait because of some more technical difficulties. I guess I felt okay, just a bit tired, but when I jogged a bit I felt better. Did the whole prerace thang and we ran at about 10, so it wasn't too hot. I was in the middle heat for this, seeded fourth behind two Timp guys and Copeland Anderson from Delta.
The gun went off and I immediately found a spot next to Copeland. This time there was a bit of a headwind on the homestretch, so I would tuck in behind him on this part for the first half of the race. But when I did that the pace felt really slow. I guess I figured that I was saving energy for the rest of the race. For the entire race it just felt like it was me and Copeland running, nobody else. We stayed together for the entire race. Came through the mile in like 5:24, so I was bummed when I heard that, but at least knew I had to push it. We pushed eachother for the rest of the race, and then I outkicked him the last 200. It still wasn't enough, because I was 4 seconds off my two mile PR, which would be 8 seconds behind my hypothetical 3200 PR. BUT it was technically an official PR of 47 seconds (postal don't count). I think what I should have done was gone out a bit faster and set a rhytham at a quicker pace. So I think I will definitely race this again once before BYU, probably at Orem, and go after a time that would be good enough to get into the Friday morning BYU race.
Jogged a mile and a half on the infield barefoot watching Jack's race. He ran 9:56, state qualified. Then me Paul and Kalin went to subway and got footlongs. We got back to the track and the 800 was coming up quick. Uh oh. I ate a fiber one bar and I think that helped get the sandwich out of my system quick. It was blazing hot when it was time to warm up and race and stuff. I decided to go sockless in my Victories, I actually felt a bit faster. I was once again in the fast heat, seeded 8th next to a Delta kid and Gabe Prettypaint from Timp.
When the gun fired we all shoved eachother a bit, and the Delta guy got pushed infront of me. Nasty start. On the backstretch I made a push to pass a guy and I was already exhausted by the 200 mark. Conner Cox from Millard had forgotten to change shoes, which made for a good laugh at the starting line, but when I saw him pass me at the 300 mark in his heavy trainers it was a little discouraging. I thought about dropping out because of how bad I felt coming into the second lap, but I stayed with it. Held my position until 200 to go where I mad a move and passed about 4 or 5 guys within 110 meters on the curve, including Isaac my teammate. Shoulda told him to come with. And yes I passed Connor Cox thank goodness. Held position in the homestretch and felt like I had a good finish, my form didn't fall apart. My coach told me after that I ran a 2:06, which made me happy, but when I checked runnercard that night it said 2:09. Think I got like 10th.
Afterwards I tried to find this canal trail that a Hurricane kid told me about with Paul but we couldn't find it, so our cooldown was just on the streets. It was sooo hot and dry. It was nice to relax for the rest of the time.
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