BYU indoor track meet, ran a 5:00 mile and then a 2:18 on my 800 meter run. The track was 325 meters and it tooke 5 laps to complete a mile. For the mile, I was slotted in at the 7th spot in my heat. I put my seed time in at 5:05 which was a good 10 sec. faster than what I did 2 weeks ago at Utah State. I didn't know what to expect since my legs were giving me so much trouble this week and I was also feeling pretty sick for the past two days. My plan was to run the mile and see if I could handle running the 800 as well. Anyways, Right off the bat I was in third place, right behind the leaders. I quickly determined to just stay right with them the whole race. Around lap two we got passed by 2 guys but we quickly were able to regain the lead. Our group of 3 slowly got bigger and going into the last lap the group had grown to 5 or 6 people. I kept with them as best I could but didn't have the best kick and I began to think too much and let my sickness get to me so I dropped back from 3rd and ended up getting 5th or 6th, I'm not really sure. I crossed the line at exactly a 5:00 mile which I was thrilled about. Offically this is now my PR (I ran a 4:57 at NXR) so I'm happy about it. My coach was way excited about it, especially after running a 5:15 last week. The 800 happened like 4 hours later so Connor, Justus, Thomas, and I got some more miles in to waste some time. I was seeded 10th in my 800 heat and I was a little worried. There were 13 of us and I didn't know how I would stack up against the other runners. I started the race right behind the guy who was seeded 2nd (1st didn't show up) so I knew that I would have a good start, I was wrong. He was slow off of the line and I had to push him to keep myself from running into him. We got around to the 200 meterish mark and I realized that we were going way to slow. I was in 3rd at the time and quickly sped on by the two leaders to take the lead. I held that for a lap and then I completely died. I got passed by one guy, and then another and the distance between us was too much for me to make up. I think I ended up coming in 3rd or 4th with a 2:18, it was definitely frustrating. I know that I could crush that time, so next week if I run it I am going to put my seed time in at like a 2:10 so I can be with people who can push me. Overall it was a pretty good day, I'm looking forward to next week when I can improve more on my times.
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