When we got to the meet, I was freaking out because I thought I wasn't gonna have any time to warm up for the 2 mile, and my bus was the last one to get to Weber. Luckily, they ended up not having it at all, so I wasn't so stressed. We still didn't have a ton of time to warm up for the mile, so we were off pretty quick. We warmed up 3/4 of a mile, then when we were on the track, we did about another quarter. I got in 4 strides, which is really rare. My goal time was a sub 5:33. The start was a little rough, but after the first 200, I got into game mode. The first lap was pretty fast. I was ahead. The entire time, I was waiting for somebody to come up behind me, but nobody ever did. The last lap, I was either a little behind or a little ahead, but it made me go faster. I felt really good after. My time was a 5:29, which is around where I was peaking as a freshman, so I'm pretty pumped for the mile this season. I did a recovery mile with some girls, then waited for the 800m. Because they didn't have the 3200, I kinda had to do the 800. I've only ran it 3 other times, and I'm not crazy about it. The first lap was a blur, all I remember was passing Abby on the 300m. The second lap was weird. I should have tried catching the pack, but I didn't. The headwind on the back stretch was pretty rough. I didn't notice it during the mile. My time was a 2:35 which is half a second slower than my pr, so that's good. I need to figure out how to run the 800m, but it's not really my event, so I don't want to focus on it a ton. After, I cooled down 2 miles with Rachel. It felt really good. The meet went by way fast, when we got back the 4x400 was finishing up. It was a pretty fun dual meet.
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