The mile was on the second day of the meet, and I came into knowing that I am in shape to run low 4:30's. We ended up getting very little warmup because the lady at the bullpen didn't show up for a long time. I was in the second heat today so I got to watch the fast race which was fun. They lined us up in alleys, and I was in the first one. The gun went off aand I made sure to get a good start. I tucked into second place behind Mike coming around that first bend, but he slowed down to let the AF guys take the pace. They controlled the pace from there on out and our pacing was pretty bad. We came through the first lap in 65, and the next one in 70. On the third lap Mike took the lead on the backstretch, but we still came through slow in 3:26. On the next lap my legs just gave up. I could really feel the two mile in them from yesterday and when the lead pack started really pushing from 300 out I just couldn't get my legs to move fast enough. I ended up getting beat by a couple of guys that I don't think I have ever lost to, but I guesss every race can't be a good one. It was a PR, but I know that with fresh legs, no wind, and good pacing I can run under 4:30.
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