Ran 3 miles in the morning before driving out to Taylorsville. Then when we got there I jogged 2 miles warmup and sat aroudn for a while because the meet was running slow. With about 30 minutes before the 1st boys heat in the mile (I was in the 6th) I started doing some drills and a few strides in a trainers. Then on heat 4 I changed to my spikes and got in 8 to 10 really good strides. The start of the mile for me was horrible. I got boxed pretty quick but just stayed calm and around 200m in I moved in to 4th. Adam from Bingham and Eli for Rowland Hall were in front of me along with another kid I didnt know. First lap was a 66 and right after we started the 2nd lap Adam made a move to 2nd (passing Eli) and I went with him into 3rd. Then 150 in to the second lap I moved up to first and focused of maintaing the lead. Second lap was also 66. 3rd lap was 67 Adam and I mostly just worked of each other but once the gun went off for gun lap I started to open the stride. Then with 300 to go I kicked with all I got. After Bill told me that Adam had gone with me and tried to pass me with 100 to go but at that point I had went through too much to lose that race and I just kicked in.
After jogged around a bit and got some food from Cafe Rio and some crackers from Harmons. Relaxed for a bit then started my warmup for the medley. It was a crazy medley. Our first 200 handed off in 3rd but when our 400 guy got the baton we were in last. When I got it we were about 2nd to last so I really worked to catch guys. With 300 to go I took the lead but ended up getting out kicked by Olympus. Although I was disappointed at first I was really happy when Coach James told me he had my spilt at 1:58! And we ended up taking second with a 3:43 which means that we're going to state.
After that jogged 5 miles and got ready for the 4x4 which I was kind of dreading. I was anchor and when I got the baton we were in last. Right as I took off some guy 30 meters ahead fell but got up really quick. I ended up going 54.9 and outkicking two guys so I was happy I was mentally able to kick.
Overall a great meet to end a great week!
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