My 4x400 team and I made it to states this year, and the race is wide open, however, we are from a slow region so we had to run relatively uncontested for a seed time, and we barely made it into the fast heat. Being the first runner, I need to know how to run my leg out of either lane 8 or lane 1 in a 3-turn stagger. I'm aware that it is 400m either way, but I need to know some race tactics that will keep me from becoming bait out in lane 8 or feeling like I have to play "ketchup" out of lane 1. I should be one of the quicker runners in the field, but having never run against a few of these teams, I'm sure that I will be suprised.