Notes
Blackhawk. It was hot today, reminded me of hornet. I thought did i drink enough. The race had a quick bottle neck and our pack got a little split up, but came through the mile in 5:15. Steen said that was slow but i swear we were around 20-25 in places. Anways Alekh and Bushie pulled away from us, and Brendan and I pulled away from the rest of the pack. Brendan and I caught a lot of people here, which now shows me we were not in the race were i thought we were. I tried my new stradgy of surging of 1.5 and put about 3-5 secs on Brendan and i came through the two in 10:38 (5:23). I started hauling it big time here and i started catching bushie. I figured he wasent feeling good but then he stopped, and i thought oh no not his hip. Anyway between .5 left and .25 left the heat started getting to me. I could feel myself slowing down and Brendan came and outkicked me at the end and i could tell i didnt have my ussual kick. It went him, a kid, then me. My last 1.12 was in 5:56 which is 5:19 pace, but i say for the first half mile of that i was going 5:10 pace, if not a little under.
Overall i felt flat. My legs felt tired from wedensday but i overall ran a pretty decent race. It is a new 5k pr for me and i really enjoyed the course. I found a good race stradgy for me. The first mile a good pace, little surge at 1.5, take off at 2 and hold on. Without the heat i would have killed my last mile today. Great race by Brendan today and we worked really well together in the woods picking off guys. Teamwise was a little disappointing today because besides Alekh, Brendan, and I no one else ran that great. Except Weiss who ran a great race pacing himself beautifullly. Geoffery ran great in the open. I take the positives from today and i am excited for conference-regional-sectional-state to start. Now the season trully begins and its going to be a fun ride.