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Mr. December

December 13, 2018 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
I prefer Mr. October and Mr. November, but that's just me. Had no expectations going into this, maybe because I've never really cared very much about my 800 time. Anyways, my goal was to go out in 65ish and see what I could do from there. I really wanted to make those middle laps hurt to drop my time. I was in the fifth and final heat, and went out in front for the first lap. Charlie, who was on his third 800 of his workout (he ran with heats 1 and 3 previously), then passed me going into lap two. I hung on his shoulder and tried to pass him back going into the third lap, but I couldn't. He got away from me on the fourth, but I was moving. I gave it everything I had. I split 65 for the 400 and closed in 67. I've never run a race that aggressively I don't think. Maybe except for the mile PR last Spring at Episcopal, but that was stupid fast at the beginning and very slow at the end. This was a well paced race. Afterwards I felt like garbage, and I still do, but it was worth the PR. I know that I have a lot of room to improve too. 8 seconds or so off of my winter 800 time from last year is not shabby either. Didn't get that much mileage in afterwards since I was feeling crummy, so I might double tomorrow morning before my stats final in the afternoon.