Causeway Classic

Well, it's coming up to championship time. I feel like it's high school all over again, and we're having our last couple of meets before we really buckle down for the big-time. My fitness has improved in leaps and bounds this season, it's been an enjoyable ride. My most recent steeple was a let-down, but I made up for it in a big way at the most recent meet - in the 3k in the Causeway Classic against Sac State. Although my laps were slightly inconsistent to begin with, I settled in at 70s for the 3-5th laps, passing a couple people until I found myself in fourth place with 1200 to go, a good 50-70 meters back of third place. So with 600 to go I started my drive for the finish, coming closer and closer to Sac State's Dominic Vogl until I'm right behind him with 200 to go. As we round the curve coming to the homestretch I just push through the lactic acid wall and pick up my rhythm and go for broke. I ended up in third in 8:29.97, an exciting finish behind my teammates Jonathan Peterson and KC Cody. In the last 600 I managed a 1:37 and the last 200 in :31. Pretty sweet day.