Why do I suck at the 3200m?

Get your iron checked. Unless you are just a mental head case and are psyching yourself out or your training just sucks and you are wearing yourself out, you should not be getting significantly slower each race and feel awful. Very possible your iron is low. Make sure to check feritin levels and not just hemoglobin. If it is below 30 start taking iron supplements with a 500 mg chewable vitamin C tablet each night.

Former DI wrote:

Get your iron checked. Unless you are just a mental head case and are psyching yourself out or your training just sucks and you are wearing yourself out, you should not be getting significantly slower each race and feel awful. Very possible your iron is low. Make sure to check feritin levels and not just hemoglobin. If it is below 30 start taking iron supplements with a 500 mg chewable vitamin C tablet each night.

Yep. This happened to me. But also, once I was taking iron, I was sucking again. Go for negative splits. If you go out too hard in the 32, you'll pay dearly. If you are running 4:40, you should be sub 9:50. Run 74s first mile then 72s second mile. That will get you a 9:48

Be ready to kill yourself that second mile

4:40 should be around a low 10 minute 3200 for a high schooler with good endurance.