Notes
This was the New England XC Championships, and it went really well! I ran in the sub-varsity race for my second-ever 8K, and I had a huge PR on this very fast course of 26:24, which is nearly a minute and a half faster than my time from a month ago at Dartmouth. It was a fairly flat, speedy course and it was really tough holding on for so long, but the great time and 7th place finish for the team overall (!!) made it more than worth it. I went out fairly conservatively and then held on for the first 5K or so of the race, but at that point I was exhausted. Brandon Abasolo came from behind me and encouraged me and I went with him as Williams' 5th at that point, and I ended up powering through the last 3K and caught a few other Williams guys, finishing 2nd for the team and 12th overall in my race. I wore my new flats today and they felt great, and I went sockless for the first time ever which actually felt pretty good. This was a tough race and it hurt, but I'm really happy with how it went and it turned out really great.