Notes
Tied my PR but well short of my goal. Wanted to make sure it was on pace for around 4:12, so I anticipated having to take over early to keep it honest, but I wasn't expecting to be going straight to the front. I realized within the first 100m of the race that it was actually my first time going out in the lead and it felt kinda weird. Lead for the first 700 which was not ideal, but still stuck on until the end. I actually could've ran a nice time but I blew it in the last 100 I had nothing in my legs. I'm not sure what I could've done differently other than to be prepared to lead from the gun. I was expecting someone to take it out hard for at least the first lap, which is what threw me off because I went out conservatively and found myself in front. I could've sat behind everyone and had a better shot at winning the heat, but in this race hitting the time was more important for me. I also wasn't really paying attention to my mileage this week because l knew this was my last race unless I ran big... now I'm realizing that I accidentally tapered too much. So that was probably a factor as well.