Notes
Well felt as tough as I thought it would, but ran much faster than I thought I would be able to. Couldn't keep up with the varsity at all from the start but just tried to keep them in sight as long as possible. Rolled through the mile feeling decent in 5:06. 2nd mile started to feel dramatically more tired but kept pushing trying to gain any ground I could on anyone dropping off. 2nd mile was 5:20. Third mile was tough still taking those laps but started to get a glimpse of hope that I would catch somebody. Eventually Buys fell off the back and I kept him in sight. I got him just before the last hill, then was able to get close enough to Rutz to keep hope. I started to pick up the pace best I could with 400 meters to go, and then really took off the last 200 meters at ran stride for stride with Rutz til the finish line. He had a strong kick. 3rd mile was 5:08, then the last "200" was 26.99. Felt like I had a strong kick today and I'm getting better but still a ways to go.