Notes
NYC Cross Trails of Miles
Prepared well going into this. Shook out around 7:30 and then ate a meatball sandwich from Wawa around 8:40. Also had some Starbucks coffee on the way there with Adam, so preparations were definitely complete.
Met up with the Chris, Colin, Harry, and Cody at the course and warmed up together. The warm weather was a bit of a concern, but it oooled down right as the race started.
The course was 4 ~2k loops around the Ocean Breeze Athletic Staidum. Our main competition was against GRC, so made sure to keep an eye out for them. Wasn't sure what to expect going into this race, so I took it a bit conservatively.
The rest of my teammates went out pretty far ahead. Slowly picked off people throughout miles 1-3. Started to feel a bit strained, but was still moving up along the race, so that kept me strong. After the 4th mile, I saw some GRC guys, 3 to be exact, ahead of me. At this point, I was leading PRTC and knew that getting these guys were key to placing top 3.
However, my body reached its limit and even after fighting like hell that last mile, I couldn't catch those guys, but managed to keep my position.
Positives: Never got passed once after the first mile. First time ever leading a team in a cross country race. Solid effort on my part:
Negatives: Couldn't catch the 3 GRC guys ahead of me that could have potentially put the team at top 3.
Overall: If I am in ever a position to lead the team again, I need to really shoulder the responsibility of catching as many of our competition as possible.Also, I am pretty sure this race was much longer as I recorded 5.12 miles.