Notes
The course sucked! Most of it was climbing, and the parts that weren't were downhill. Parts of it were also generally not runable, as the course was extremely muddy, and the rocks were so bad in some places you had to spend more time watching your footing than concentrating on the race.. You had to a hit a hill that was a full kilometer... Twice! I already wasn't in the mood to race today, and I saw no need to run hard just three days before CVC's... Which is on a fast course. I don't understand why coach scheduled a meaningless race that close to a major championship race. When I saw Stratton Mountain and MAU there, I figured I wouldn't do that well anyway. I saw no need to go to suffer for a race a) right before an important race b) on a course that was hilly and was going to hurt like hell c) on a slow, muddy course where no good times were going to happen d) Because I probably wouldn't have won anyway e) Because I ran 16:31 on Friday, and I've had a hell of a season, winning three races and setting big PR's and f) because I wanted to see my teammates have some glory for once. So I went out slow, and let most of the field get ahead of me. I didn't have shit today. My legs felt heavy after a hundred meters. I never got comfortable anyway, but I never ran hard. I ended up getting 19th. A kid tried to outkick me, so I let him pull even with 50 meters to go. Then I took off... It was fun. I beat hm by about 10 yards. Haha. Whatever. I'll run hard and fast on Friday.