#WolverineWay

PM- biked 25 minutes, ran 15 and swam 20.

No run today. Was really busy and tired.

PM- easy run by myself

Got of the bus for GSW and went on a run with team Utah. We went 4 miles and did some striders and stretches. Racing the 2000m steeple tomorrow.

AM- did a shake out run with Kami and Lucy and then another one later with Sam Sorenson. Hung out in our hotel until 5.

PM- Did some steeple drills with Coach Mostert and fell in the water hazard (ouch). I got dried off and then waited for a while to go warm up. I did a mile with Dakota and Tommy and talked about our race. I made the goal to be second from Utah. Got my spikes on and headed to the line.

RACE: I took off in 5th to last place and at the 100m mark surged and passed the entire field excluding Jake. I stayed in the lead group but the kids from the other states kept breaking my stride so broke away from the group on the third hazard and put myself in second. I ran the next lap with no competition and then on the last lap Connor McMillan from AF came up on me and I held him off for second. Jake ran a 6:02 which was a meet record and me and Connor were 6:12's.

I cooled down with the Utah steeplers and then went and stretched with them.

Woke up at like 9 and decided to not run because I didn't feel like it and because it was way too hot and dry and I didn't want to get dehydrated. We decided to go down to Old Town which is basically just a tourist attraction in Albuquerque. The Team Utah distance boys just hung out there for a while and then headed back to the hotel at 1. I got my stuff ready for the race and went and hung out with the Riverton guys before we left. When we got to the track it was really hot and we saw Jake win the mile which was his second win of the meet. 

I went and warmed up with the 3200m guys before our race and we talked about our strategies and how we wanted to do. I wanted to beat Luis Martinez and so did all the other guys so we were joking about having one of us trip him during the race and taking him out. I decided to just do the sit and kick strategy and see how it played out during the race. I wanted to make sure I was in good position with 600m to go. 

RACE: I took off and just stayed in like 6th the entire race. I wanted to medal so I just made sure I stayed in position so I passed people accordingly. The pace got slower and slower as the laps went along and we came through the mile in 4:45 which was really slow for some of the guys in that field. After a couple of 75's I decided to stop going so slow so on the last lap I passed 3 guys and put myself into 3rd and then tried to make up the gap from 2nd to 3rd but Connor had too much on me.

I finished in 9:40 which was really slow for me and my last lap was 70 seconds which I could do 7 of in-season. After cooling down and getting our medals I went and took some pictures then headed to the bus. Team Utah took 2nd behind Arizona and distance boys scored 97 of those points. Went and partied all night long at the hotel. 

Gym day- Bike

Gym day- Bike and Swim

Gym day- Swim