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Notes

Race went out slow. Pretty comfortable through the first mile and only a few strides behind the lead pack. Felt like the pace picked up in the woods, went with it. Slowed down going up the hill and then picked it back up a few strides into the field. This middle field loop was one of the tougher parts of the race I'd say, just because of how long we were on the soft grass. Started to really push the middle in these big loops. Me and Matt Stewart were pushing each other and both were trying to catch up with Grant. It looked like Grant had somewhat fallen off of the lead pack and was in no-man's land but still going fast. The woods section flew by. Then the last mile was definitely the toughest part. All that muddy field for over a mile. It was really hard to pick it up until we got to the gravel section by the entrance to the woods. I wish I could have gone faster on this last mile, that was my one regret about this race. The middle was really solid. I'm hoping regionals is as fast as it was for pre-regionals and regionals two years ago, instead of the mudpit we had at SLU. I think my time from this race maps to a faster time than Rowan which is good. I want to break 25:30 as a personal goal at regionals, but I will of course be focusing more on the team race. There's a lot of good teams this year and I need to make sure our pack and I are ahead of a lot of people.