am: felt alright. my back still kind of hurt. warmed up a mile and a half and it felt better than yesterday. my first race was the 800. i wanted to just see how it felt to see if i would go all out or not. felt confident though.
race started and i went into 5-6. the only time my back hurt as right then and then i didn't think about it anymore. came through the first lap at 1:00 feeling great. so i pushed the pace and moved up into first with 250 left. then some guy surged past me and slowed down as someone came to my side to box me in. i lost a lot of mommentum and it was hard to get it back because i had to stay stiff this whole race to keep my back from tightening. but i still finished fairly strong getting 4 or so in my heat. time...2:00.01! i yelled out in fury when i finished because i didn't break 2. but it was a PR. i'll get it next time!
cooled down to mile and streched really good and took some pills. prepared mentally for the mile. it was a loaded race. warmed another mile and get ready.
back hurt more than the 800 but i knew it wouldn't hurt during the race. RACE: started and i went straight the back of the front back. came through at 1:05. i knew that was way to slow so i tried to surge and keep at it. it was hard to breathe for some reason. i dont remember much of the rest of the race except i did pretty bad. i was way off the back and with a lap to go i was already at 4:19. i pushed as hard as i could and tried to finish good, ending with a 4:23. afterward my legs felt so so tired. i couldn't even stand.
the reason i was so tired, i think, is because i just couldn't breathe. i think my back injury affected that. but i was kind of happy that i was able to get close to my time. the rest of the meet i stretched and took pills. hopefully my back will clear up before region. | 