Notes
First of three races in the Sean Berbert Memorial Meet. Pre race, I did my shakeout, changed, went to the Haus to watch Hot Tub Time Machine. There, I had 5 shots on an empty stomach which hit me pretty hard, then a double espresso shot, then a 6th shot at the end of the movie. Warmed up over there w Patrick. We were doing 8:15 pace but I felt like we were going so fast. Got to the armory and everyone was still warming up, so I just got into uniforms and spiked and sat around until it was time to go. I had cottonmouth before the race even started and my stomach was feeling not great obviously, but when I step onto the track during Sean Berbert, none of that matters. The 3k went out pretty fast I think, I remember seeing the front pack pulling away in the first 100m. I saw Leonel a little behind them, then Kogen, then me. I decided Kogen was running a good pace so I just stared at the back of his head and let him carry me. I don't know what our splits were, I just watched the back of his head for 10 laps. Thank you for the pacing Kogen. Patrick yelled at me there were 5 laps to go, so I moved around Kogen and started to push. 4 laps to go, and Mollway went by me, but he was moving to fast for me to hang onto. 3 laps to go, and Somerfield went by and I latched onto him and just stared at the back of his head and let him carry me until he finished. Last lap I let it rip. 9:30. 32 second PR. First 33% of the triple crown accomplished.