I went over to Mcminville Friday night after work and stayed at the Best Western there which had pretty nice accommodations. Saturday I got up around 7 and had some breakfast and went over to the track at 10.
I put in a 4:15 seed time thinking if everything goes to plan I could run that based on that 800 I ran after a tempo run 2 weeks ago. It's one thing to be in shape to run a time, it's another to actually do it though.
So after a nice long warmup session, partially because there were technical difficulties resetting the timing system during the girls races. The guys first guys race was off, which was won in a solid 3:58.
Now for my race:
Gun goes off, for the first 200 meters I settle in the back of the pack of about 12 runners knowing there is still a lot of racing left.
After 200meters I move up a few spots and hit the 400 right on 67(perfect pace)
I pretty much hold my position in about 7th for the next 400 in 69 for 2:16 at 800. I was feeling good and started to move and I actually moved up to 3rd place and hit the bell lap in 3:05 and then the 1200 meter mark in 3:23 (67 lap).
Now with 150 meters left I was pumping my arms and breathing hard but my legs started tying up and the two people I passed were now going by me and I could see the clock tic to 4:00 with about 80 meters left and I knew I was going to PR so I think I became contempt at that point and just hung on but I think the next time if I put my head down and go I could of knocked an other couple seconds off.
The 800 was about 3 hours later and my legs were definitely tired. I went out in 29.5, 59.6 which would of been perfect if I was fresh but I was hurting and I really let up the next 150 meters but then picked it up again and finished in a mediocre 2:06.6. I think with a little more fine tuning and fresh legs I could give sub 2 a run for its money. But when will I actually race an 800 on fresh legs? Maybe at Pacific in 2 weeks, maybe.maybe.maybe.
The rest of the track season looks like this
Pacific preview 3/17- 800 meters ???
Lewis and Clark Spring break Invitational 3/24- 5000meters
Linfield Invitational 4/7- 1500meters
Pacific Preview 4/26 ? Depends on whether I go to the FOSCR C school I put in for.
Linfield Twilight Meet 5/4 1500 or 5000 depends if I think I have a better chance at breaking 4:10 or 16:00.
6/8 Portland Track Festival - Mile
400 hurdles in action.
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