Notes
Mile race at ISU. I was in the second heat with the fastest seed time of 4:23. This put me in a tough start position on the corner right next to the rail. I got out much better than last week though and somehow settled right into second place behind the leader at a solid pace. It felt fast but comfortable to start as we went through 409 in 65. I started to get anxious around 800 and considered going to the lead, but just then I heard the announcer say we were on 4:21 pace and a guy on my right went to the lead. I followed and got carried around for one more lap before taking the lead myself with 2 to go I believe. I still felt strong when I went to the front and thought I was running away from the pack, but with about 50m left a guy blew by me and I had no answer. I was told afterward that I did drop everyone but that guy made a huge charge the last lap. I saw the clock as I crossed the line and was excited to have broken 4:20 for the first time, especially considering how I have been feeling about my training. It was also cool to beat a lot of guys from the fast heat and I think I could have mixed it up in that heat pretty well. I did look up the 300m conversion to 200m though and this time is pretty equivalent to the 4:21 I ran on a 200m track senior year. This race did give me a lot of confidence though so I am probably going to run a fresh 3000 at some point now, and see if I can trim a few more seconds off this mile time.