Met up on the bus at 6:00am so we could make it to the meet in time for my race. We stopped for lunch at 11ish but it was too close to race time at 1 so Sean and I ran a mile instead of eating. We got to the race and warmed up and I was feeling confident about what was going to happen. Sean, Thomas, and Ryan were all in the 2nd heat and I was in the 3rd. They did a weird alternating pattern where the girls would go and then the guys would go and it would go back and forth like that each race. I wasn't a fan. I had to wait a long time after my teammates ran which made it hard for me to stay focused. I ran around on the turf a little bit to stay loose until it was finally my turn. My first lap was like a 68 and then I held consistenly between a 72-74 for the whole thing (I could be wrong, I didn't wear my watch). My last lap was a 74 which was hard for me because I literally got passed by almost everyone in my heat. I crossed without anything left and saw my time as a 4:56 when I crossed. I was beyond pissed. My legs hurt like crap and I felt like I should've been able to go a lot faster. I talked to my coach after and she recommended that I get compression socks to help deal with the pain that I have been having in my legs for the past few weeks so I plan on getting that soon. I found out that my time was a 4:55 a little later which helped brighten my mood a little bit but not much. I ended up running a few more times and ended up getting a total of 7 miles for the day.
My mission call finally came today! Too bad I am in St. George though...
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