4x800 at the oval today. We got there early and watched the mile which was crazy fast, then chilled until it was time to warm up. Jamison was our first leg and he gave it to me in the lead so that was nice because I didn't have to fight for position. I got it and took off at a good pace. I think I ran like 2:04-2:05ish which I was happy with since I was in the lead by myself the whole time. I think with competition I could run around 2:00 right now. Anyways I handed off to Justin who maintained our lead, then he gave it to Zack. This was where things got crazy. Zack kept the lead the whole first lap, but Talon Hull was closing in hard and by the time they hit 100 to go they were pretty much side by side. With like 50 left Talon passed Zack and I thought we had lost, but then miraculously in the last 10 meters Zack surged and barely nipped Talon at the line. Crazy stuff. Our time was 8:17 so like 2:04 average, which is pretty good with zero speed workouts since before nationals in December. It's too bad they don't run the 4x800 really during outdoors, cuz I think we could run sub 8:00 come May. Overall a fun time, and shoutout to the Weber guys for a great race.
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