This afternoon/morning was the BYU Invitational. So I got to the race with 5 hours til I raced so I went and cheered in the shade for a few hours then with like 3 hours till my race I went and set up a bed and tried to go to sleep.... That didn't workout. But With an hour till the Varsity Boys race, I went on a warm up with Tomy, Anders, Dylan, and Faysal. We went out 1.1 miles and came back. When I got back I felt like I was going to puke so hard!!!!! Like it was to the point that I was thinking of telling Bill that I was not going to race. But I stretched a lot, had my mom pour cold water on me and then I put my spikes on and headed over to the starting line. I did about 6 strides then they lined us up, shot the gun, had a false start, shot the gun again and had another false start, then the third time we were off! So I decided to just run this, not push becuase I felt really really sick! So I did not start out fast at all, going into the mile I went through at like 7:06 or something. Then after that mile I started to feel a lot better so I picked up the pace a bit and ran a 6:20 and was feeling great! Then with the last mile to go as soon as I got into the baseball field I started to pick up the pace and I did a 6:30 third mile and averaged a 6:34, not bad for feeling like I was going to puke the whole race! At the two mile mark I noticed the people in front of me were really slowing down so I just worked on the person in front of me and kept passing people, I just kept passing them and then working on the group in front of me. It really helps when you have someone to push to. Anders did beat me but he got ahead of me in the first mile and was so far ahead of me that I could not pass him. I did not beat my time from last year which is a bummer, but if I pushed today I know I could have because as soon as I crossed the finish line, sure I was hot but I was not tired at all. That race just felt like I was going at a tempo pace. It felt like just a tempo run. So I know, not to feel sick before a race because I need to push my last few cross country races I have left in high school. One good thing did come out of this race though, I lettered today which is good. Now I can just focus on time, not place. | 