Notes
5k at AQ. A ok race. Got out well with Rylaarsdam and Mark+another AQ kid. Things were going smoothly until around halfway. We were slowing down gradually and I started to have a mental lapse. I let the AQ guy into our pack and right after 3k in 9:15 I fell off. We were not running that fast, I just mentally checked out from 3000-4200. Once I heard that Mark and Rylaarsdam broke the AQ kid, I snapped back into it. Had my best close of the season, but came a second short of catching the AQ kid. I was hoping for faster and I just didn't run the middle of the race. I feel I should have been able to stay with Mark and Rylaarsdam. My last two races I haven't been able to close well and this race I didn't run the middle. As Al said, at indoor conference I need to put the two together to ensure I get the points. This is my last race before indoor conference (hopefully), so now I plan to pound out some mileage the next two weeks and prepare for that.