Notes
Elmhurst Early Bird Invite- 2nd overall. Solid race for me given my training
Decided last week I wanted to race this unattached so thankfully was able to do it after working all day. Race got out decently fast...not sure on splits but smoke was a bit ahead and then gabe, alec, and some random were ahead of me at the mile. I've heard 5flat and also 5:10 so probably the 5:10 I'm guessing. Anyway, just kinda maintained distance with those guys for a while and then started reeling them in starting the 3rd 2k loop. Basically walked them down because I didnt make any moves. Caught/passed alec before the hill, did the same to gabe on the downhill and then caught smoke right after on the paved part. Right when I took the lead, thankfully smoke came to his senses and started trying. He gapped me a bit and I just maintained until the finish. I haven't been practicing closing and fighting the pain so really tried keeping today as controlled and in my wheel house as I could to have a good experience. The weather was really nice in comparison to previous years so my time was about the same as last year so I'll take it given my inconsistent training all summer. I'm feeling much fitter after only 2 weeks of workouts with the team so excited to see how much I can improve throughout the fall