I'm never sure how to write up mile-ish distance races since they are over so fast. The gun goes off, a few minutes go by, and suddenly I'm finishing. No time to think.
I came oh-so-close to the desired sub-4. The race got out just a little quick for my taste, so I tried to settle down after a 30.8ish opening 200, but I settled down too much and kinda fell asleep in lap 2. 2:09 at the 800. I picked it up, passed a few guys, came through a lap to go with 2:57-8 on the clock, and thought it might be doable if only I could kick. I kicked, just not fast enough. Splits were roughly 64, 65, 64, 48. The 48 really bothers me. I'm so sure I closed faster than that... I'm guessing the clocks were lagging, luring me to think I was closer than I thought.
Regardless, I'm pleased with the race. This is a 7 second PR -- at my ripe old age I'm quite happy to still be dropping time at this distance.
I'm now knocking on the door of both my pre-season goals. One more shot at each, time to put my head down and get it done.
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