Two mile races tomorrow-last minute advice?

Question

Tomorrow, the top 5 kids in the school will be running against eachother. The current leader, my best friend, with a time of 6:25, is 3 seconds faster than me, but the third-best person in the school is only 3 seconds behind ME.

I'm also running the mile, the 200, and doing the standing long jump for a track meet around 5:30 on the same day (the mile run for school is in the morning.).

Does anyone have any tips, especially for the mile run? i.e. how to run each lap, etc.? This is going to be a new experience because most of the time, the other kids are slow. "Staying with the pack" is not an option. I've never given much thought to running AGAINST others before, as opposed to just trying to beat a time.

Thank you! Tips about the 200, standing long jump, or how to prepare for my first meet are welcome also!

P.S. My mile time is 6:28-I'm a 13-year-old girl. The school record is 6:23. Also, I got 6:39 the first time I ran the mile, but the coach let me retake it, running harder

Answer 1

STAYING WITH THE PACK IS AN OPTION. you asked this same question yesterdat and nothing has changed.

Answer 2

Staying with the pack isn't a bad idea, but then again sometimes they start off too fast, so just run your own race...have a strong first lap and a comfortable 2nd, pick it up a little in the 3rd lap because that's usually where everybody dies out, then in the last lap pick it up even more, give it all you got and trust me...you'll end up impressing people.

Good luck!