I was right about my time not being very good today, but I wasn't right about a positive result. The course was really messy when I ran it. I stuck with the lead group for 2 miles and then Peter Hogan, a Ballard kid, and a guy from Garfield kind of pulled ahead. The Ballard kid was trailing the other two so I kept trying to move up to him. I almost got him at one point, but he ended up pushing his way up to Peter. The Garfield kid took off and somehow ran a 16:09. Peter got 16:23 and the Ballard kid 16:25. I was expecting to be more competitive at this meet. For some reason, my workouts continue to get better and better but every race since the end of my sophomore track season follows this pattern of running "okay", but never well. Nevertheless, the results in the 4A race were also confusing. Two kids who I was able to compete with at Twilight almost caught Pixler, who ran I think a time a little bit faster than the Garfield guy. They also beat a kid from Inglemoor who was 15:25 at Nike Portland. Kennan was only 3 seconds ahead of my time from today, and finished a few seconds behind some random Henry Jackson kid. It seemed that slow people ran fast, fast people ran slow, and the order was all messed up. Thus, I am mentally throwing away the results because I don't think they mean anything. As much as I tried to psych myself out about it, I've never run well in crummy conditions. Possibly because I weigh so little. Either way, I hope for a much more satisfying performance at the State Meet.
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