Notes
Detweiler at dark was actually terrible. Sprinting around and yelling at my dad was really fun(his time-25:34 i think), but my race was awful. I did learn that...
1. I hate running in the dark.
2. My dad will run way faster than he says he will.
3. Running a race during your highest mileage week probably ever isnt a great plan.
4. If you text kyle good luck and to tell him you left cuz you're sad he will call you and ask you why you're crying.
Also, i made a list of(okay maybe they're just excuses but im treating them as)reasons to not quit running forever(because honestly after friday night i wanted to lol agh its fine). .
1.literally instead of tapering i added miles this week to barely reach 300.
2. I probably sprinted like a mile during my dad's race then proceeded to stand around for almost 2 more hours which probably wasnt the best pre race strategy.
3. This is the second time i have run in the dark my entire life. I learned i hate it. I couldnt see my watch and with so many people and the obnoxious music i couldnt function.
4. If i were to just do a few less miles during the week and run at a normal race time, i could probably easily do like 2 min faster. I slowed down to like 8:40 the last mile(literally slower than i ran 8 miles the week before), not because i was dying, but because i just didnt want to. Looking back im not even sure i was that out of breath the last mile until sprinting at the finish. Soo yeah i stopped trying, but im going to blame all these factors that arent me because otherwise idk how i will have the motivation to run almost 40 miles this week.
5. Also, i was so alone. Like very alone. It was awful. Im fine with racing on my own but warming up wasnt great and stretching was so awful. There was all these teams around me and i was so anxious cause i was just chilling by myself just trying to do strides AND IT WASNT FUN OKAY. THERES A REASON WE MAKE THIS FUN WITH FRIENDS AND PEP TALKS OTHERWISE ITS JUST SAD AND SCARY.
6. Have i mentioned that Ive been running way higher mileage than im used to? What about that IT WAS DARK AND OVERWHELMING AND I COULDNT THINK AT ALL? Okay yeah like 7 times already...well zeller kept telling me to actually write more than ugh i hate this so this is what happens.