USATFNE Indoor
The New England's Indoor championships took place yesterday at Harvard. I raced in the mile and 3k.
The mile went ok with a 4:18 effort. I am a bit used to having a lot of time to think about what is going to happen and you just don't have that in the mile. I was asleep at the back for 5 laps before I started to move up. Once I started moving, a guy got tripped two spots in front of me and hit the track. I had to hurdle him and then stopped when I ran into the guy who slowed way down because his feet got tangled in the mess. A lot of people went around us on the outside. That was with about 470 to go. There was a huge split in the people who were in front of the mess and the people who were behind it. After the little melee, I was in 12th place so I decided to kick as hard as possible until I died or ran out of gas. Never ran out of gas but paid dearly for the effort. I passed 5 people and came in 7th. Probably could have been 4:16 if I didn't get caught up in the mess. Maybe 4:15.
Let's just say the 3k was not my best effort and I had a poor last mile. My legs were a little dead from the long kick I put in for the mile and I ran 8:54 (correction). I didn't even check the final time. I had no push for the last 1400m and was just circling the track with no power left. Maybe should have eaten more after the mile to recharge the batteries.
That was the race in brief.
Before I go, a congratulations to ex-reebok bostoner Rebecca Donahue who came in 8th in the women's 4k cross country at vancourtland park. She is beginning to turn the corner and will be racing the mile at Reggie this weekend after her 4:42 last weekend.