Got to the meet and got ready to warm up. The weather was pretty nice, a bit chilly but not bad. Warmed up and stretched then headed to the bull pen. Found out I left one of my spikes (the whole shoe) at home. Slightly panicked and ran back to the team tent, thankfully Jamie had an extra pair and they fit. Was in the bull pen for a while, they finally took us out on the track. Got in a few strides, the shoes felt different but they weren't bad. Lined up then we started, I got out in pretty good position. Middle of the pack which was perfect. Don't remember too much about the first lap, but by the second I was up behind the leaders. Just hung on to them but we came through the 800 too slow. I picked it up for like the next 200 and then died hard. Going into the final lap I just felt sluggish and totally unfocused, also my stomach was hurting pretty bad which was weird. Next 300 was pretty rough, got passed quite a bit and had like zero motivation. Last 100 I told myself that a bad race doesn't have to mean a bad finish, so I pushed as hard as I could and pulled out a pretty good kick and passed quite a few girls, that last bit definitely saved my time. Time wise it's a season pr by two seconds, but overall that was the worst I've ever felt racing the mile so I'm not super happy with it. But the first two and a half laps were really good so that's a positive. Shoutout to Zack because I met him today, and to Jamie for coming in clutch with the extra spikes! And of course huge shoutout to everyone who qualified for state today!!!
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