I am a sophomore in high school, and I just faced a huge disappointment last night.
My team and I went to one of the biggest invites in the country yesterday, where nearly everybody PR's. My training partner and I both had marvelous goals for the season and were planning on hitting our times there. He went on to do better than anyone would've expected, coming in at around 16:15! However I came in almost a minute slower than where I was hoping to be, not even breaking 17:00, and I just don't understand why.
I've been visualizing myself on this course for months, doing extra training, keeping up my nutrition and everything else I could do...yet I still fell short. Has anybody else ever dealt with a similar situation? What can I do?