Notes
This was a good race for me. I let Elijah and the fox chase guy take it out in a 5:15, while I stayed back in 5th running a 5:36. After the mile, everybody else died like crazy and there was Elijah and the leader about 30-45 seconds in front of me and I was guaranteed at least third at this point. At the three mile I was at 17:20. Over the next mile I started to move up on Elijah but still was about 10 seconds back by 4 miles. I didn't catch him till after the 5 mile mark, but at that point he was really feeling that early pace and couldn't go with me. I ran pretty fast the last mile and got 35:44. I predicted last week that I would be able to run 5:45's and I basically did just that today, my AVG pace was 5:46. This was probably the best race I have ran in my life when you consider that my three mile PR is like 5:30 pace lol. It is also somewhat laughable to think that I did this after two weeks over 65 miles and could barely run my first half of the race in cross when I was running 45. Now I get to train hard for 2 more months until I get to see another starting line. This is the time to really go for it and see if I really have what it takes to become a state class runner. For a while I had been kidding myself that I could do it with 45-60 miles per week, but that won't work for someone who isn't really talented. There are no secrets; hard work is the only way I'll ever be the best runner I can be,