Notes
4x800 anchor at Benedictine. Goal was to qualify for Drake. (Update: we didn't). Team was Brendon, Chris, Jonah, and myself. I ended up anchoring after being told earlier in the week that I was running second. Got the baton in the lead from Jonah a little bit ahead of St. Francis. They ran their miler stud who ran 3 sub 4:10 miles at NAIA Nationals. I have no idea my splits, but the announcer (who was wrong the whole meet) had me going out in 27/57? The St. Francis kid went around me right after 400 and I just stuck on him. I felt us really slow up on the backstretch which I was okay with in the moment to just take a second and let him dictate the pace and then try and make a move the last 150. Coming into 100 to go I really thought I was going to get him. I just didn't have the speed necessary to do it. Legs just felt zapped. He got me by probably around a second. Pretty pissed we lost. The other 3 guys ran great, smart races. I just couldn't finish it off and I was pretty upset with myself. Team time of 7:50 was solid for the conditions and the week we had training and racing on a Friday. I definitely felt flat and tired after Wednesday.
Achilles was feeling pretty tight after, so I didn't end up running the 1500. I know it was the right decision in the long run.