Notes
Lots to say about this race...
Woke up this morning very congested. Took zinc, garlic, vitC, emergenC, ibuprofen all last night and again today on the bus. My nose seemed to be clear by the time we got to the venue, but I was definitely coughing up gross stuff as a result of this common cold.
Even last night I was telling myself that I would be fine and being a little sick would not affect me. Woke up earlier than I wanted and shook out on my own. Ate my own pb&j around 6:45 and that was it for pre race.
When the gun went off I stayed with shreyas, Brian pulling up with some Hamilton guys. An oneonta kid was between our two groups and I didn't want to let Brian go too far so after 2 laps I moved up onto Oneonta. Through 3k I felt awesome (9:30). Oneonta was starting to slow so I pulled ahead with Brian + Hamilton about 2 seconds ahead. After another lap one Hamilton came back to me. I sat on him for about 100 before I decided to get around him. After that I still had a chance to make contact to Brian but it was becoming apparent that the race was getting tough.
With a mile to go my race got kinda shitty. Lost a lot of ground on Brian+ Hamilton and found myself in the dreaded spot of having to motivate myself to keep running solo. I am finding I am very bad at this. If I'm on someone's back I feel very comfortable. Once I was on my own that's when the 40s started rolling in...
My final 800 was an 81 followed by a 71. Pretty upsetting that I crumbled the way I did. Had no idea I would hit a red line like I did but thank God Coach and my Dad got in my face and I was able to close in 33.8. I think my fourth K was a 3:18, the others were 3:09,3:09,3:11,3:14. Still pretty happy with it, got states B for what it's worth. My 5k PR was long overdue.
Post race I feel pretty feverish. Think I held the breaking point of my illness off just long enough for the race and it's catching back up to me now. First time being sick since summer 2014.