Urgent Relay Help Needed!

get out fast for a hundred, relax in a good pace for the next hundred, stride the next hundred, last hundred maintain good form... don't stress relax and you'll be fine

get out in the first 100 the way you normally do--fast.

in the second 100, look to lanes 2 and 3 and make sure the gap isn't increasing--since you're on the straightaway you can know pretty well if you're keeping pace. If you have reason to believe you're one of the faster lead-off legs, use this time to make sure you are eating up the stagger appropriately. Much harder in lane 8, but you should at least be able to listen for the guy in lane 7. If he is coming up hard on you, you will know it. If this happens very quickly, steal a glance at lane 6--lane 7 might be going out too hard.

After that straightaway just run your race as normal. I've always heard the phrase "run the first 2/3 of a race with your head, run the last 1/3 with your heart." Remember not to get down on yourself in the last 50 if you haven't made up the whole stagger. You know it's three turns now, but it's easy to forget that in the middle of a race. Every little bit counts when you're finishing up a relay leg.

My coach always told me to sprint the first 100, sprint the last 100 and run like hell in between.

We are in lane 1, any other tips? Thanks for your time!