Workout in spikes at Lake Sammamish State Park, which was very muddy today. It was 2x3x800 where our rest was to jog to the start point of the next 800, which I'm estimating totaled 1600m jog rest as we completed the 2 mile loop twice. The repeats were actually only roughly 800. First one was probably short, second one was quite long, about 950 meters, and second one was by far the closest. First repeat of each set of three was meant to be like the beginning of our race, and very fast. So I did 2:07 then 2:06. Second one was tempo, and I did 2:57 then 2:54. Not wiping out was very difficult but I'm prepared for it provided the race on Saturday is muddy and miserable, which it is supposed to be. Thankfully, those are my kind of conditions. The last one was tempo plus a little bit. I felt very relaxed, but I'm convinced I was well ahead of my race pace from Saturday. First was 2:24, second was 2:20. The workout was good and it was on the easy side, which was nice. I am excited to race on Saturday, and I will use last Saturday as a learning experience and avoid the 2 hour nap in the morning so as to promote digestion and prevent fatigue during the race. As it turns out, I watched the evening 4A race and it lead me to believe that my performance on Saturday was better than my Twilight performance. A bunch of 4A kids who were right behind me at Twilight got times much further behind me in the KingCo race and pretty much every one of them who was ahead of me at Twilight either finished with a slower time than me or got a lot closer to me, with the sole exception of Nate Pendleton, who ran a beastly race. I'm making progress and I am ready to compete at districts and state.
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