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Age Group Meet

January 12, 2013 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
Ran in the 1000 and the 1600 today. I am really happy with how I ran. This is the first time I have been really happy with a race since Sectionals in Cross Country.
In the 1000 I ran a 2:44.92. My previous PR was a 3:13. That's right. I set a 29 second PR in the 1000! My splits were pretty consistent too: 31, 33, 34, 34, 32. I started out in the back of the race, but everyone else had inconsistent splits and ran a 37 on the third lap. I moved up a ton on that lap. I was in 6th going into the last lap. John flew by me with 100 left but I still tried to finish. I ended up catching a guy with 30 meters left to place in the race. John beat me by a second and had a good race.
In the 1600, there wasn't too much competition. Matt Gill from Watkins Glen was the next fastest guy in the race. Coach Cartwright told me before that I could try running away from the field during this race, but I wasn't sure how I would feel after the 1000, so I told him I wanted to try taking off after the 800 like Steve had been doing to me. I let Matt lead for the first 800. We went through in 2:22, not too fast. I still wasn't feeling great, so I told myself that I would wait another lap to make my move. Then on the back straight, I could feel Matt starting to fall asleep so I went for it 100 meters earlier than planned. I dropped a 33, which put a huge gap on the field, followed it up with a 34, and finished with a 35 and a 34. Nobody in the race responded to my move and I was able to go 4:38 with a nice negative split. It felt really good to win a race and run a fast time. All in all a good day.