After medicine from the trainers yesterday and a good night's rest, I felt fine today. We did a mile shake out this morning. Race time- I was a bit nervous to run a 5K indoors again. I have some memories of rough races freshman year. I did a 2 mile warm up, drills and strides then began. I went out at the back of the pack and ran a 5:24 first mile. I had a tough decision to make- stick with them, run faster than what I could do and hopefully not die or run my pace. I decided to run my pace and move up well when the race spread out. The pack did not spread until the last mile and I was by myself for the majority of the race. It was hard to run by myself and even harder to start moving but I was able to close some big gaps and pass a few girls the last few laps. I had a strong finish and was under 17:15 which was my goal! It was hard to run by myself and I really had to fight to close gaps but all in all, I am happy with my race. I did 3 miles cool down.
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