So, I was really pumped for today and really nervous. We took a while to actually start warming up, but when we did I began to feel really good. It felt like we did a mile warming up, which I'm not very sure about, but it was close enough to a mile. Right before we started my throat began getting dry. Storrs was giving out gum, so I decided to try it out.
When we did start, the first 100m I had already spit out my gum. I was feeling super good, and I began following close behind Vicky Krull. I knew she was much faster than me, and I was wondering if I could actually keep up with her for very long. I was in fourth place that entire first mile. When we crossed the mile, I looked down at my watch and it said 6:15! I probable shouldn't have looked at it because I knew I was going way to fast and I slowed down for some crazy reason. I wish I could have tried to keep up with her. I knew the girls behind me could catch up and I could try hanging on to them, which wasn't very smart, either. They passed me pretty quickly and I wasn't very far behind them. I could feel the mint in the back of my throat the entire time, which means the gum was not very smart to use for me. My second mile was much slower, and at the very end I tried to sprint, but didn't have enough energy to. I did get sprinted past, which I hope I can work on.
Afterwards, we found out that Sky View beat Mountain Crest which was our goal! We were super happy and maybe a little too cocky about it, but we were very happy! We were very pumped up and had a fun victory cool down which was around 1.3 miles. I personally wished I could have stayed further up there in the lead, but I now have learned that is something I should work on.
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