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Last 5k race of my career tonight...man it still hasn't even sunk in yet. Warmed up and hips/hernia was still tight but it was about the same as last week for the 1500 which was very doable. Got out and just settled into a good pace and felt great. Went through the mile in 4:42 feeling effortless which is roughly where I wanted to be. This part of the race was kind of tough, because I felt really good but I just didn't want to blow up and have a last bad experience. Truthfully, I didn't want to go out and die like I did last time, so I held back a bit and tried to keep a good cadence. Never really hit the red line and still felt strong with 4 laps to go. With 2 to go I made a move around some Calvin guys whose coach kept yelling for them to stick on me. I heard Thompsen getting closer which was cool but with 400 to go he completely blew right past me. Tried to go with but for some reason I think i might have gotten pace locked and didn't really have a good finish, despite passing a few more guys. Kinda bummed at this part because I finished and had way too much energy left :/ Nothing felt tight and I feel like I kinda stayed too much in my comfort zone and could have kept going. Oh well, with my fitness and hip pain I knew Nationals was kind of a crapshoot but I'm still glad that I was able to finish my last 5k and have fun doing it. I've got the steeple tomorrow which I'm really going to try and crush, followed by the senior 4x4!
Looks like I'm going to have to wait till I'm out of college to run a fast 5k. I know I can do it, I just have to get myself in better shape.