Victoria Junior Championships - 1500m

Today was the my first race of the Vic Juniors so been pretty nervous all day. School was a bit of a struggle because of that, but I survived. Warmed up with Chris who was in the same race as me, so good to have some support. Started off strong, first 400m in 67s. I had just been dropped by the lead pack along with a few others, and I think this is where I made my mistake. I let them go and didn't stick on them. I was scared of going too hard too soon so I held back a bit. Went through the km in 2:57. Tried to push harder the last 400m and got a bit of speed. Didn't quite catch the others, but I felt I had the ability. Finished in 4:27 so a 9s pb for me. Happy with this time and really stoked going under 4:30, but I feel I can do a couple of seconds better. Realised actually how much I love this sport now, I actually am so pumped for my race on Sunday. Winner ran 3:55, second 4 flat and third 4:03. Some very good athletes in our age group, Cheyne reckons our age group is the strongest around for a long time now...