Nick won the mile at the Middle School State Meet in a dramatic fashion. After two laps of very slow paced tactical maneuvering (82/78), Nick's rival, Marc, took the lead and picked up the pace (75). With 400m to go, Nick put on a surge and gapped Marc, and ran a 67 final lap to win 5:02 to 5:04. Marc ran a 2:16 (71/65) to win the 800m, where Nick took second at 2:21. Nick had really wanted to break 5:00 for the mile, but he realized he needed to race tactically to have the best chance to win.
Melissa came from 7th place in the last lap of the mile to finish 4th, almost catching the 3rd place runner, in a time of 6:23. The leader ran an amazing 5:37, and was 50 meters in front. Melissa came back in the 800m with a PR time of 2:56, 3rd in the section, and probably 7th overall.
My best training day was a 10 miler that was supposed to be a 10 mile steady state, but I ran out of gas at 8 miles and jogged the rest. I am hoping to continue to pick up the mileage going into the summer racing season. If I can get to 50 miles a week to develop a better base, with a race each weekend for speed training, I should get back to my best level of fitness, which is the only true goal any runner can have!!
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Darin
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