Notes
Solid race today all things considered. Temps were much colder than hoped but weather was much better than I expected from the night before. Got caught up with the group by 400 meters in or so as we were running into the wind. Somewhere between half mile and 3/4 mile, I took the lead to try to do some work and hopefully break the race open. I then realized how bad the wind was and didn't put any gaps on. We turned around shortly after the mile and I started to get dropped. I came through the mile in 4:58. Ended up back by myself in no mans' land behind the pack I wanted to be in as Willy pushed the pace, Brady gave chase, and then Spain, Mitch, and Emil were all grouped up. Spent the next mile and a half trying to push the pace while staying as smooth as possible but didn't really make up any ground. Next mile was 4:58. Then just before 800 to go, tried to start pushing harder as I was running out of time to beat anyone else. Wasn't gaining as quickly as I liked but started pushing. Caught and passed up Emil and then tried to go all in to attempt to catch Mitch. Couldn't quite get near him but closed the gap pretty good. Mile 3 was 4:58 and then the last .1 in :28 secs. Solid effort even though the time was slower than hoped. Good effort to get the body more ready for early April.