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Illinois Club Relays 2018

February 24, 2018 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: Indoor Track

Comments:
Well, Illinois Club Relays happened today. Unfortunately, I ran like straight ass in the mile. I came through the 800 in 2:15, so I was doing ok. I made my move afterwards and dropped a 32 200 split. Normally, this move puts me in good position to do well and drop a good time, but the difference was that I was just exhausted. I just haven't got a great sleep in a few nights and didn't have the energy to execute my move successfully. Actually the exact opposite of successful. Paolo ended up passing mr along with the rest of the field and I'm pretty sure I finished last in the fast heat. Pretty embarrassing tbh. So yeah, I'm not happy at all with this race. I know that sometimes you just have bad races or bad days, but it just sucks to come all the way to Illinois and run like straight shit.

Luckily, I ran really well in the 4x400, so that was at least good. The team was Paolo, Lucas, BJ, and I. I was pretty pissed that I had such a horrible mile, and I just wanted to beat the Mizzou kid ahead of me. I went out in 26.05 (LOL 200m PR) and got ahead of the kid and finished in a 28.83 (Thanks Wes). So a 54.88 split and a slow heat win, I'll take that. I was definitely more tired from the 400 than the mile, so that's RIP.

So yeah, I'm excited to party tonight at the Illinois Club Meme-Leys Party. Still overall, I can still say that I had a great indoor season. Though I had a bad 3K and a horrible mile, I still ran a solid 2k, 2 great miles, and a great 800m. I guess Paolo barely managed to miss my club record (though by FloTrack track 200m flat track conversions, getting spiked 4 times, and running mostly in lane 2, he probably actually beat it lmao), so I still have that. So yeah I pretty much achieved all of my season goals earlier and just had a rough day today. So I'll end on that note. I'm happy to take a break from racing for now, dominate mileage March (I'll explain in a later log), and get ready for outdoor season. ESKEDDDDIT!