Notes
Just wanted to get a win today to keep my yearly win streak alive and I did. It was not easy though. I did not see too many people milling around to start with and figured I might be able to run smooth and not have to really push. Well one kid showed up and made me work for it! The siren was blown and the kid went out hard! I had all I could do to just keep pace up the first hill. We must have been ripping fast and I was hanging on for dear life. I figured I would just hang as long as I could and during mile 2 and the uphill I would put a move in. Well just over a mile in we are in a long downhill and as we all know I am a miserable downhill runner, and he starts to ease up a bit. I pull up along side and actually start to go by without upping my tempo. I figured it was now or never so I clicked it up a notch. I slowly pulled away the rest of the time and never quite felt comfortable with my lead. I pushed until the last quarter mile and then eased in. Got in a quick cooldown, got a medal for the W and kept my Win streak alive for another year. That is 18 years in a row with at least one race win, starting with my 1st race win ever at the "InterSquad Championship" my Sophomore year of X-C in 1999.