Notes
Woodruff. Honestly i dont know what to make of my performance today. My stomach wasnt too bad, compared to other peoples. Anyway on to the race. Inexperience got to Bushie, Drew, and I that first mile. We went 9 secs too slow and were just in the middle of the field. It also didnt help that my spike got stepped on only a half mile in and with it not being my chip shoe, i just kicked it off. Anyway we went into the triangle and just started passing people like crazy. I knew here i didnt feel good today. We werent hauling, but the turnover wasnt there, partially my shoe. Anyways Bushie came through in 10:28 and Drew and I were 10:31. Bushie dropped out because of his hip and i knew i had to stay on Drew. Problem was my foot was on fire and Drew just pulled away. I could go faster but my foot was on fire. The only good part was my kick, i passed 3 guys instead of getting passed by 4. We got third as a team and everyone besides Alekh had an average or right below average day. The guys in the open race did great!!
I ran in my mind, below average today. Guys i beat/killed at Hornet beat me. Had this been 2 shoed it would have been poor, but i dont know what the shoe difference made. Steen thought i would have been 15:40 with both shoes. Drew was again 14 secs ahead of me, the 2 shoe converision narrows that down to 7 secs but it has to be consistently 0-5 secs. Thats the level i have to get too and go beyond. I.
also feel like I let the team down because I had to step it up today and I didnt. As a team we learned many lessons today that we will correct at State. Were a much better team then we showed today. Splits were 5:12 (9 secs too slow)-5:19-5:17(Drew went 5:03, foot and calf were on fire).