New Balance International Mile, New York

NEW BALANCE MILE NYC ARMORY 6^th 4:02.94

I had not felt great in last few days before race. My heart rate was well up on race day almost 20 beat above norm, so I was thinking the worst! I knew I had to race clever as was tired on warming up. I sat back off the pace and moved through and picked off those falling off the pace.

I almost made it back into the race, but as I did they took off for a quick last 200m. I ran a 4:02, but felt sluggish and was just happy to get through a bad day. The people of New York and the Armory are like family, so I didn't want to let them down. If they knew how I felt they would have been surprised as me to still see me running, let alone 2 second over the magic 4mins!

Still this race taught me a lot about running when not 100%, as I learnt a lot about myself today and how to get through the bad days.