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Embarrassing Start of Outdoor
The first race of the 2009 outdoor season was catastrophic. I was only able to hold on to my goal pace towards a 29 minute time for a mere 4k. I felt good in my warm up, but a few laps into the race I could already tell something was…
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not right in my body. My hips felt stiff and holding on the 69-70/lap rhythm was tough. I hit the halfway point in 1440 and after communicating with coach Heins at the backstretch I decided to drop out of the race as it wasnt going to be my day. An athlete tries to find reasons to disappointing performances. I found out from a recent blood count that my iron values were lower than normal. This might be a reason to feeling a little behind on energy levels and not too alert. Different from previous races in the states, I tried…
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