Notes
4 mile time trial. It was humid, but the clouds blocked the sun which helped. We got out pretty solid and I was running with the 2nd pack. We came through the first mile in 5:11 which was perfect. The next mile is the toughest on the course and the pack really got me through that. We broke up a little after the 2 mile mark and I was running with Ferg with Gabe right behind us. I was feeling solid at 5k and put in a nice surge with 800 to go. Then I got a side stitch with 500 to go and was mentally giving up. Then Ferg yelled at me and I mentally re-grouped. Eventually the cramp went away and I got back up to Ferg. I didn't kick, but I guess we were supposed too. Even though are pack got strung we basically all finished next to each other. McKee and Bret were 21:22, then Andre and I were 21:25. Ferg tempoed with us. I finished 13th overall and 12th on the team (I'm probably around 14th-15th on the team as Spitzer and Kerk both tempoed and finished behind me). I was 9th overall until the cramp. I learned though that I need to fight through that. I think I drank too much water during the day as i could feel it sloshing in the my stomach during the warm up. Other then the side stitch, I was happy with the race (if I had not gotten the cramp I probably would have finished with Gabe at 21:20). I was shooting for 21:00 and with the humidity I think I ran close to the effort. The scary part is we had 5 freshman in the top 12 on the team. In the race the freshman went 1,2,5,6,12 on the team. It's time for the team to come together. My goal now is to run that last mile just as fast and also stay consistent and finish strong!!!