Notes
This one was rough today. Cold and windy conditions with snow at the start for a mile or two at least. Legs felt good on my couple strides but hamstring and glutes were already a little tight or fatigued early and the cold temps didn't help my foot work today. Got out hard to try to make sure I got the king of the hill award but never really felt smooth afterward. Never really felt like I got in a good rhythm though. Not as great of a confidence booster as I wanted for Champaign but took solace in running a solid pace even when I felt slow and tired. Splits that I took were 6:00, 5:18, 5:16, 5:22, 5:19, 5:02, 5:34, 5:30, 5:11, 4:56. The couple downhill miles felt really good even though hills were steep but everything else was rough today. Need to get a couple weeks of hip strengthening and drills if I want to compete as well as planned in 2 weeks. Missed the course record by 15-20 seconds even though the course was touch different.