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Meet Recap

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Post how you felt before, during, after each meet. What routines have worked for you? What can be done by the coaches/teammates premeet (either at the meet or day(s) before) to help you achieve your goal(s) for that meet?

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  • Laura R.
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    This response is for the Clinton meet. Before, I felt pretty nervous because this was the meet that I PRed at last year and I didn't think that I could do it again. During the meet, I felt really motivated to stay with the person in from of me and I did! After the meet, I was so happy because I Lifetime PRed and I broke 20 minutes. It's just hard for me to believe that at first, I didn't think that I could do it, and then in the end, I did two amazing things. When I'm warming up, I always concentrate and think about my strategy for the race (who I will run with, what I want my splits to be, etc.). During the race, I just think about my breathing pattern or how I can do my best. I think that all of our pre-meet activities help a lot, especially fast 200s. That really helped me get an awesome kick at the end!

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  • Susan R.
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    Clinton
    I was really positive about this meet because I've always done well here in the past. The warmup didn't go great, but I put it behind me for the race. I'd decided before that my goal time was 18:45 (if I don't plan my goal ahead of time, I don't care about it enough) but when Adrienne said she was shooting for under 18:30 I decided I'd stay with her instead. I like running with people because when I feel like I can't go any faster, I feel obligated to stay with them. Afterwards was amazing. Our team finally felt whole again, and since everyone did so well, it was a really happy atmosphere. "Happiness was in our future!" I think what we've been doing for premeet has been fine so far. I don't know if the 200s have made much of a difference vs. 100s though. All they've done is remind me why I never run 200s! haha. But it seems to be helping other teammates so it's fine.

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  • Morgan M.
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    I was nervous before the meet because I was running varsity. Mary Kate had broken 18 in her race and it made me really want to break 18 too. But during my race I felt so weak without Leah. Sometimes I need a little push. I don't know how, I just do. After I was somewhat happy because I lifetime PRed but that didn't seem to phase me because I still hadn't broken 18. I guess I should do a better job of mentall preparing myself. I just don't know how. Kick's are ALL mental. Coach screamed that at me but yet I couldn't have kicked harder. gah.

    -meseke-

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