We left for the meet at 6:30 and got there 7:00. I wasn't racing until at least 3:30 so I just watched the interesting races and played scum and risk in the tent. We started warming up and I was feeling pretty good. They took us over to the start and made us just stand there for a long time before starting us. The gun went off and I got out good. I was in about 2nd or third coming around the first bend, and we were going pretty fast coming through the first 200 in 31 seconds. We ended up coming through the 400 in 69 which is too fast, but I was feeling awesome. 800 split was 2:20 and I just stayed in the same little pack . My first mile ended up being 4:52 and I started fallling off of the main pack. A Westlake guy passed me here and I just tucked in behind him for two laps. This is the spot that really ruined my time because he slowed the pace down to two 77-78's in a row. with 800 to go I passed him and took the lead into the wind while passing a rock springs guy. I picked up the pace a bit on the last lap but got passed on the homestretch by the Westlake guy. It was a new PR, but I feel like I totally could have gone under 9:50. Oh well, I guess I'll get another shot at Alpha.
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