“Coming in, I didn't realize it, but I wasn't supposed to be as fast as I was. I was supposed to be a solid third or fourth runner. Luckily, nobody told me that. I thought it was supposed to be like high school.”
“She actually had about a 50-meter lead early, so I was getting a little bit nervous. But I had a feeling she had gone out too fast, so I kind of hung back and waited for her to start dying. When she did, I went after her.”
