The Mongoose

3 in the morning. 

5 miles in the afternoon I think, I'm posting this a week later and I honestly can't remember. 

3 miles in the morning.

Last workout of the season. 8x200 w/200m recovery. Good stuff. 

No morning practice for the rest of the week.

Had the AP stats test in the afternoon so I was super late to practice and had to run on my own. 4 miles easy. 

Some easy mileage with 3x200m finishes after in Nephi on the way up to state. We were supposed to do 4x200 but after the third one, it started pouring almost instantly. Pretty crazy stuff.

First day of state. I ran the 1600 and it was a fun race. It was a little rainy so the track was wet and people were kicking up water the whole time, it was awesome. I knew it would be a super tactical race, so I did my best to be aggressive with my position, but got caught a little bit on the third lap, otherwise I think I could've taken at least second. Ran about 2:22 for the first 800 and closed in 2:07, with a 60 second last lap, so that was pretty sweet. 

3200- First race of the day, and it went alright. My plan was to be pretty passive with my position for the first 800m so I didn't waste any unnecessary energy at the beginning of a longer race like the 3200. I think I was in last place for 700m and I started to surge on the straights to pass people and work up to the lead pack. I finally caught up to them on the 5th lap, but only because we split around 1:20 for that lap, haha. There were a lot of pace changes, and I ended up falling a little behind again on the 6th lap. I felt way tired, but pushed hard the last 800 and was able to take 5th. Pretty fun race again, but I think I could've done better if I ran a little differently, but who knows.

800- Last race of my high school career! The plan was to just go out and stick with the leaders as long as I could. My start wasn't great, and I got forced to the very back in the first 200m. I haven't gotten out that bad since I was a sophomore! I didn't panic though and just told myself I had to go to plan B. I went through 800 in last place, and a little slow (:59), so I knew I would have a good kick. I started moving with 300 to go and passed people one by one, ended up 5th, half a second away from taking 3rd, so I think I was certainly capable of a top 3 finish if I had gotten out better.

Glad I got the chance to run at state this year and be part of another record breaking team! We scored 175 points, the 3A points record, while winning our 3rd straight state title in track. Pretty awesome experience.