Notes
Mike was trying to talk me into 73s but I argued my case for 72 sitting on people. Here's how it went down: Got out in I don't know fourth or fifth in 35 and was ecstatic that I didn't do a 33-34 cause that would inevitably slow me later in the race. So, then I was in fourth and just ran and we were just clicking off 36s. The first 400 was 73, the second was 71, 1k was at 3:00 then the mile was at 4:48-49 and 2k at 5:59. At the 2k or just after a guy in second pulled up cause I think he was doing some rabbitting and I was so excited cause I was thinking "I'm a second under pace!" and then immediately after that "here goes the tough part. I can do it". The next 400 was ok then I was alone because a guy was out in front and the other guy was like 5-10 meters up and I was trying to tag onto him. I didn't look at the clock cause I knew how much I had left and didn't want the time to bother me. With 400 to go I was working hard and the last 200 was everything I had again I was wobbly the last 50 meters and another 100 would have meant a crash on the track (at that intensity). So my second to last 400 was in 72.8 and then my last 400 was in 74. The two seconds I needed to get to NEs and ECACs was all in the last 400! But what could I do? It was everything I had and a 16 second PR and that is fantastic! Thank God I have again gone farther than I ever thought I would and I can see that if I continue to do what I do the future will be even better. Bring on the 10,000!!!!