Notes
Showed up to the meet at 7:30... I got my number, and then found a place where the entrants were listed... There were 17 guys and 6 gals registered...
My race was at 8:30, so I started warming up... Did a lap around the track just to get a feel for it (good, but maybe a bit hard) and then jogged around the campus for 20 mins...
I verified that they were running gals and guys seperately, and then changed my shoes and got ready to go...
Ended up being about 12 in the womens race, and it seemed pretty competitive, with the winner at about 5:12...
They call us to the line, and there were about 20 guys... I couldn't get to the front row of the starting line, so I moved out to the outside...
Gun goes off, and it takes me the whole first turn to find a spot in lane one... I'm probably in 10th or 12th and feeling like we went out pretty fast...
First lap was about 76...
On the second lap I moved up a place or two, and worked a bit on trying to keep contact with people... I felt like I relaxed the pace just a bit, but I came thru 800 in about 2:33
Third lap on the backstretch I feel like I can start digging in... I was moving fast but not really hurting... I think I passed a guy with about 550 meters to go...
I came thru 1200 in something like 3:50... A guy moved past me and I kept my pace going... That guy passed someone else and I went with him... At 200 to go I upped the pace a third of a notch, and catch a guy...
Down last straight I move to lane two and start kicking... I know I'm gonna eat this guy up that passed me to start the lap... I get up on my toes and start moving, get almost side by side...
And then my hammy blows again... 70 meters to go... I jog/limp thru the line losing 2 places to finish in 5:09.62...
So... It would have been a great 1500... I'm happy and a bit surprised with my time... I'm really disappointed in my leg... It hurts to walk... I prob can't run for at least a week and my next race might not happen...