I had to make a tough choice this week.

After my big improvement in the steeple at my region meet, I had a difficult choice to make. I had the option of running a meet in Virginia this Friday to try and drop my steeple time enough to try and maybe get to Nationals, or I could take this weekend off from racing like I had planned and rest for Duke Twilight on May 8th, where I plan on attempting to break 15 minutes in the 5000m. The races would be 9 days apart, but it would be added stress on my body plus I would have to front the gas money for my teammate and I to drive up since the rest of the team won't leave early to get us there. After some thinking,I decided to not race the steeple this weekend. Breaking 15 minutes in the 5000m seemed like a more important goal to me this season and I think I will have a better chance. Maybe I will try to find a meet back home to try and qualify for Nationals in the steeple.