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West Chester Open II 1500m & 800m

April 29, 2011 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: Overcast, Warm, Windy

Comments:
here we go again with the shitty weather. during the warmup it started to rain and the wind was really picking up. luckily, it all died down for the race. and here we go again with shitty meets. the competition was pretty poor as well as how the meet was run. they called everyone to get their numbers while the heat before was racing. so that alone made everyone late to the line & definitely cramped the stretching & strides. so the race got underway and of course i felt really tight off the line & until about 1.5 laps in when i had to make up the gap that formed. i caught everyone & ended up in second & thats how it finished. every lap was faster than the previous so obviously we went out damn slow so i cant be too upset with the time i guess knowing that if i get into a race that actually gets out honestly and is run on a schedule i could run at least a few seconds quicker.
69.6 69.3 67.8 47.1= 4:13.71

really dreading this after the 15, naturally. we started in lanes so at least i didnt have to fight to get a spot. i cut in after the first 100m & i'm pretty sure i was in dead last, but i immediately started moving up. had to pass on the outside around to turn to get into 4th with 400m to go. with 300m to go i was in 3rd with the 2 pretty far ahead, but caught them at around 150m to go & was pretty much running scared. with about 50-75m to go i got passed & had to take 2nd. overall i guess im pretty happy about this race since i havent done too much speed work compared to last year & i ran a second slower. kind of another blah meet. i guess not too bad of a weekend considering i was sick at the beginning of the week and didnt really do any workouts.
61.4 63.1= 2:04.45