Notes
Feeling good on the starting line, came in tied for top seed (though many with No Times), might as well just take the lead. I didn't push the pace and after 2 laps the top ISU guy passed me. I remained happy with how I was running the race and let him go as he quickly took 50m from me.
I wasn't hearing any splits and knew there was no one quite near me so I just focused on myself and my hurdling, which felt pretty amazing compared the my last 3 years of steepling. I've actually done a good amount of dynamic stretching in the last year, so I'll thank that for my return to form (I stopped stretching after college, I blame Drew and his methods).
With a few laps to go, I could see my competition struggling (though he was barely in view). I wasn't slowing down preparing for a kick, but I probably should have hit it harder. After the 3rd to last barrier, I took off with a big kick that I knew was coming. Unfortunately it wasn't enough as I still lost by 2.5sec.
At first I was pretty happy with 6:25, and I'll try to remain so as it was 10sec faster than last year which is a very good sign. But as I look at past times it is still my 2nd slowest as an alumni. In any case I probably could have run faster.