Notes
Freedom 4 mile. Course was about 70 meters short (15 seconds) as they changed it again. Just logging it as 4 instead of 3.95 because that's dumb. Caleb and I were alone from the gun. We worked together until 2 miles. I knew if I left it to the end I would lose, so every hill after two miles I put in little surges. I would gain a few steps on Caleb, but then he would come back. The 2nd time up Hawthorn I put in a big surge and got about 7-9 steps. Caleb fought back and then took off on the downhill. I couldn't respond and he went on to win in 20:17. I think I hurt myself surging up all the hills because I had nothing left at the finish, but that was my best strategy. Even if you add the 15 seconds I still PR'd by 12-15 seconds as I think I have come through 4 miles of an 8K in 21:02-21:04 before. Can't complain, it was a solid race, Caleb and worked well together and we both hit the camp 5K times easily. No splits as neither of us wore a watch, we just wanted to focus on competing. We went 1-2 by 50 seconds as Spitzer got 3rd in 21:23. They also ran this race super poorly this year as we caught the lead vehicle twice and they took forever to get the results correct. At least the trophy stays in GR for another year.