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GVSU Big Meet 2018

February 10, 2018 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: Indoor Track

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Today, I ran the mile at the GVSU Big Meet. So here's my recap of the day.

On the way: Liz and I woke up and went to the meet later, since I was trying to catch up on sleep from only getting 3 hours of sleep on Thursday night RIP. The roads were pretty shitty and we got stuck in some pretty bad, stand-still traffic. All of the sudden right outside of Lansing, we went from 60 to stopped traffic and we had to stop fast. I watched a car go into a ditch to avoid hitting other cars so that was pretty crazy. We were stuck for like 15-20 minutes, so I was slightly worried we weren't gonna make it, but luckily we still did.

Warmup: I ran for 15 minutes around the turf. I put on some music and got myself mentally and physically prepared (so I ditched you on the warmup Austin, Knight of Cydonia gets me moving). I didn't realize that the meet was way ahead of schedule, so i wanted to warm up more, but it ended up not being a big deal. I chewed my 2 pieces of run gum and got to the line feeling surprisingly really good.

One Mile: The race went off and I found myself immediately stuck in the back. I was a bit worried, but stayed calm and just slowly started working up. I also accidentally cut Lucas off and almost tripped a kid, sorry fam lol. It was a shitshow with 22 people in the heat and the heat was actually really fast, a lot faster than Saginaw. I was closer to the middle-back and I came through the first lap in 1:04-1:05. I started to slowly pick people off and work my way up during the 2nd lap. I hit the next lap in about 2:12 and decided to just stick to the pace, since there were so many people all around still. I realized I was not going to win the heat, but I could still run a fast time. I hit 2 laps to go and kept moving up hard. On the last lap, I was feeling a bit drained. I saw 3:33 on the clock and knew I had to get going since I was faster through that at Saginaw. I found myself slightly in no man's land but was able to keep digging. I died a little bit going into the last 150, but forced myself to at least slightly send it going down the home stretch. I had no one to catch, but I think I managed to finish well in my heat. I finished in 4:24.99 LOL! So that means I'm a 4:24 mile, fuck 4:25!

Overall, I'm super happy with how I ran. I was hoping my 4:26 a few weeks ago wasn't just a flash-in-the-pan, but I was consistent and PRed by a second. I know Paolo will likely take back the record, but I'm still super happy I keep lowering the club record. Great day today!

Shoutout to Paolo for a huge PR/Nirca Leading/1 point for MSU Running Club at the Big Meet 1:55 for the 800. Savage beast animal!

Shoutout to BJ for crushing another sub-15 5K and cashing the bag!

Shoutout to Lucas for finally breaking the 4:30 mile!

Shoutout to Austin for beating my indoor 800m PR by 0.02! YOU BASTARD!

That is all. Have a good night my dudesssss