Watford BMC Grand Prix-800m

This race was almost three weeks ago so I'll try and recollect as much as I can. Well I remember finishing dead last in 1:53.35 which is a slight PB and going through 800m in 55ish and not having the nicest of times.

After my previous outing over two laps I wanted to get out harder and get myself involved in the race. I did get out harder but I still found myself right at the back a few metres down of everyone else. I was almost sprinting here and I got left for dead. Anyways I didn't panic and tried to get back in contention over the next 200m. I sort of managed this but still didn't overtake anyone. Then in the third 200m I remembered this is where I made ground on people in my last 800m and started moving through so I was expecting the same to happen at any moment. Well it never did and if anything they started to pull away from me. At 600m I started to get pins and needles in my arms which was a first and a very weird feeling. Steve talked about getting it before but I thought he was just being stupid but now I know exactly what he means! The last 200m was fairly uneventful. People kept pulling away and I just brought myself through the finish line, that's about it really.

Obviously not an enjoyable race and one I walked away from thinking "I can't believe I've gone all the way to Watford and missed the first England game for that". I did wake up in the morning and felt a little lump in my throat but thought it was nothing. The next day I woke up with a cold and which may have been in my system during the race but still, if I'm going to get blown away like that in a race I'd at least like to run a bit quicker than 1:53.35. Never mind anyway, a race to forget and move on from.