3000m Time Trial

I wish I was writing about a new PB on the track. A good time for camp funding. But I'm not. Today the goal I was going for was 11:15 for a 3000m, which is 15 seconds faster than my PB from High School Track Provincials last June. I had Riley M and Ben pacing me, which really helped. They were great with holding 45s per lap (thanks guys). Unfortunately after about 1600m I couldn't hold on anymore and fell off the pace. I finished in 11:36, with km splits of 3:43, 3:55, 3:38. In a perfect race I was going for 3:45 for each to get my goal time.

I finished completely exhausted, without even much of a finishing kick. I tried but it wasn't there.  I was disappointed that I hadn't gotten the PB I was hoping for. Gary still said it was good. I didn't exactly agree because I thought I was faster than I had been in June. He told me that yes, I am for sure faster than I was then. But that had been a race instead of a time trial, it had been an outdoor track, and I probably wasn't properly recovered for this one today. I will have another chance at the Boeing meet, and after that we will be starting to go for 5km times, which he is sure I will get a PB in. Also, today was still a heck of a lot better than that indoor meet earlier this season. By about a minute, even though I hate to compare anything to that crappy day.

Anyways, I know Gary was trying to make me feel better about it and there was definitely some truth to what he was saying. But I hate excuses. Of course I am going to be hard on myself when I don't do as well as I like, because I hate it when people make tons of excuses as to why they couldn't do it. I don't believe it ever helps. Just do it.

That being said, I am still kind of frustrated and would like to explain another thing I was struggling with today. Sorry for being a hipocrite. We had originally said the time trial would start at 4pm. So there I was warming up by myself at about 3:20. Maddy shows up around 4 and I am confused. She told me no, we were starting at 4:30. What the heck. So I call Gary and he tells me 4:30 as well, didn't I see the email? (When I got home, sure enough, there was an email, about 20 minutes before I left the house. I had not seen it on time, figures.) Anyways, here I am perfectly warmed up with another half hour to go. Darn it. So not only was I trying to just stay warm and loose, I was completely thrown off mentally. I was really frustrated and annoyed with the situation, It was hard to try to force my head back into the right place. Yeah, not the greatest mood going into a time trial.

Considering all the less-than-ideal circumstances, I guess I should admit I still pulled off a decent time and maybe shouldn't be so hard on myself. Next time...