The Renegade

So, two hour bus ride down, and we got there at a good time when most teams weren't getting there yet. When we were about to start our warmup the North Summit team randomly released doves into the air while jogging like wtf. I was glad the mile was first, not a whole lotta waiting around. I did a mile warmup and checked into the warmup area with plenty of time. They had it really official, with a waiting area boxed off, almost like BYU but not quite as strict.  It's good though because than I'm used to that style and won't miss my race next week. The sun was out, but it was kinda windy. They had a hard time getting us were we needed to go, but I ended up on the the very edge of the waterfall, with two shoots out in front. Where I was it was impossble to get a good position from the gun and I ended up boxed in. Also there were 28 people in the heat so it was chaotic. I didn't get to out of that until a lap in, I think I was at 70. You may have noticed that I put the distance in as 1630 meters, which is 4 laps in lane two. That was as a joke, but kind of not, because I think I averaged being in lane two the entire time. The race was a joke, I get that they want the meet to run smoothly, but they should want the athletes to have a quality experience too. I just couldn't get comfortable anywhere, it was the most physical race that I have run, and I pushed myself, but it wasn't enough given thte circumstances. Pretty frustrating, you saw in my last entry that I was confident in breaking 4:40, and I bet I did run a 4:40 1600 tbh, but there was a little extra distance to run. I tried to stay a bit more focused on the finish this time, but still could have done better the last 100, still gotta focus on the finish line ahead of me. The guy I tied with last week beat me by a fraction of a second lol. Cooled down a mile with the other four milers. The rest of the day was fun, just chilled and watched races. Until the two mile came, I was not excited. I stayed with the pack for the first lap and then started to fall off. Came through the mile at PR pace (5:14), and if I was last I would have dropped out, but I looked over my shoulder and I was second to last. Final time was 10:58 so next mile was reallly slow, I just wasn't motivated to push myself. After I finished I was really pumped for the 4x4, and had extra energy for it. It was cold, wet, and windy, (not nearly as bad as Davis) but I split a 55 (PR is 56) as our second man, it was really fun I actually am not complaining about being on the 4x4 squad like most people do. I think the best meet of the day on our team goes to my boy Kalin Freeman aka K-Free, he ran a 4:59 and 10:55, both PRs for him, also Isaac ran a 2:02 800 and Maia won the shot put with a meet record. I am not one who can run two good distance races in a day, I just can't. Excited for BYU to try and state qualify in the 800. Also I have to say that I really appreciate the hs running culture in Utah County, there is a seemingly large number of solid/dedicated runners there.