Notes
Cardinal opener 5k. got 4th overall behind nolan, plank, and dhruvil. went out behind jamie and ethan the first mile or so. i slowly got passed one by one in the string of guys running at "4:40" pace until by 1.5 miles i was probably at the end of the string. i started falling off for brief moments from dhruvil but would then make some small surges to stay connected. at 2 miles jamie had dropped out, nolan and plank had picked it up and i was trying to hold on. ethan started to fade and when schultz, dhruvil, and i were passing him i was able to latch onto dhruvil. from there i sat behind those two for about a half mile. dhru eventually passed schultz but got a big elbow which really pissed me off. the next lap i went to pass schultz and he tried doing the same but i was like "fuck no" and fucking destroyed him with an elbow. i got back behind dhru but we needed to move and he wasnt so i took over and tried pushing from roughly 600-800 out. we were lapping a lot of people at this point so my legs were getting sapped a little quicker from going wide. eventually, with like 80 meters to go dhru flew by me. he finished right ahead of me but we had put the hurt on schultz which is great. overall, i didnt really feel that good today. coming in i was a little worried about my calf but glad that it held up well. i really dislike hearing every lap split because i cant lose myself in the race, but i was still able to hold on today even with that being the case. im still a few seconds out of a probable national qualifying time, but this is a great opener for me and shows how far i've come from just last year when i almost shit myself and went 15:40