#WolverineWay

Woke up at 9 and pretty much just relaxed until I had to head over to class. I just went to Astronomy and took notes and then headed back to my apartment to get some lunch then head over to the track. I have felt pretty good about today because its my first 5000 on the track. I went and hung out with the team but there was little shade so I was out in the sun all day.

When the girls were running the 100m Seth made the decision to go warmup right then so we went and did the 2 mile loop. When we got back they were running the girls 800m so we still had the 400m hurdles and the 200m and the girls 5000 before we run so we warmed up really early so I tried to keep moving around. I borrowed Jeff's Matumbo's for today to see how they fit so I got new spikes in them. We went and did another mile when it got closer to our race and then headed to the bullpen to get our numbers. I found out that Ryan Waite and Kyle McKenna were running the 5000m but were going to dropout after 3200m and 3600m. I put my spikes on then did idiot drills and striders before heading to the line.

RACE: I took off and got out in third place but then got immediately boxed in by a bunch of Colorado Mesa Kids and a Utah State kid who I couldn't see who it was. I stuck in 3-5th for the next couple laps but decided that there pace was too fast for me because I was stuggling a little bit. I settled into 75's which was too slow but I had no idea how I was supposed to feel so I didn't want to go out way too hard and die. I did this for the next mile and a half then I realized I was going too slow so I picked it up to 73's for the rest of the way. I got caught by a kid from Idaho State but I out kicked him in the last 70.

I ran a 15:24.16 which converts to 15:02.5, and Seth ran a 15:21.06 which converts to 14:59.5. I was really happy with my race but I might not get into Mt. Sac which would really suck but oh well. Seth and I ran a 2 mile cooldown then I headed off to dinner with my parents.