Notes
CCIW 2016. Well, this hurt. A lot. I felt absolutely terrible from the start. It warmed up a lot during the Varsity race. My legs were just super tight. My hamstrings, quads, and lower back were really tight. I just tried to settle and see if my legs would open up and not doing anything stupid with the heat. I ran with Chase for the first 5K almost before he dropped me going up the small incline on the back part of the course. I felt so god damn terrible, I thought about dropping out so many times my body just felt absolutely terrible with my legs and back, and the heat. I didn't feel like I was hurting at all aerobically but my body just had nothing to move. Eventually I saw I was catching back up to Chase. I caught him with about 800 to go. Coming into the straight I away I told him we were gonna finish together. That last straight felt so damn long. We had a good part 4 and almost caught an Augie kid and came across the line together which was really cool. Overall, I am pretty frustrated with today and this season. I have put a lot of work in and not seen any results in the 8K which makes no sense. I really need to figure this XC thing out mentally. I'm just fucking sick of sucking. I know I have it in me physically and mentally to succeed but I need to work mentally. The last 3 years of XC here have been really disappointing from an individual standpoint and I don't want my last XC season ever next year be the same. But onwards and looking forward to these next couple of time trials to get some momentum for track.