am: skipped morning practice to see if that would help me get more energy. pm: my back hurt more today for some reason. we got to the meet and it was pretty windy but the rain was holding off. i warmed up 1.5 miles and tried to get energized for the race. still felt tried though. race started and i took back only hurt for the first two laps then it went away. I went off fast again trying to hit the first lap faster to give myself more time to play with. i came through at 1:08 but i felt it was the right effort with how the wind was. i kept trying to push hard and keep each lap consistent. at one point i had a 10 meter lead :/ came through the mile at 4:50 and then i started to feel Jason on my heels again. i knew he was going to stay there and wouldn't pass me till the last lap because of his kick so i had to try to get some distance before then. However my laps didn't go too well. i think i hit a 1:16 on one of them. last two laps he was still on me and i started moving there and he went right with me. last lap i took off hard and with 200 left he still hadn't passed me so i felt i had a chance. i kept kicking and then with 50 left he began to pull to my side and i just don't believe in my kick so he edged me out again easily. took a couple hours off then we had the 800m. warmed up a mile then got ready. the first heat had one guy that should've been in ours. he ran a 2:02. then we got up and started and i got cut off but i wasn't too worried. pace started out really slow and we didn't hear our lap pace who knows there. then the last lap i felt good and tried to make my move but i was squared in. i tired to get out but i couldn't and the front pack started moving ahead. i was so mad because i was stuck. finally a hole broke out (200m later) and i got out and started kicking. i counted places and i was tied for 4th and the kid next to me needed the 4th spot to make state and it wouldn't make a difference for me cause i already so i let him get it. but turns out the kid from the other heat beat us so he didn't end up getting to go anyway! so much for that. 2:04. then a bit later we i was the first leg in the 4x400. started out in the last lane and i just ran bad. i think it was a low :57. made it so the team didn't qualify it for state. it was just a bad region for me and it made it so our team got 3rd. i just need to get some confidence and fix my problems cause i only have state left so i gotta get myself in gear.
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