Notes
met up with the mcgraths (alex and scott) and jose ortiz at the tewksbury park-n-ride (3:45) to carpool up to Hollis. good conversation en route. got there early (4:30) and picked up our numbers, took the bus shuttle to the start (5:00). we had the hottest bus driver (cute, middle-aged, hippie chick) i have ever seen... weird. milled around for a bit, then some joggity jogs with the whirlaway crew (5:45). found some trails near the HS. added a hard quarter (uptempo) on the track (1:12) before finishing up back to the start. light stretches, leg swings, changed up, dumped the bag of ice (now ice-water) i'd brought along over my head and walked to the start with all kinds nervous energy. i don't usually feel that anymore, especially since i mostly race longer distances. kinda forgot what it feels like to race a 5k or 1500... i was always just a bundle of crazy nerves before those track races... almost lined up in the back of the field by accident... thought we were heading in the other direction! several strides before lining up in the third row so that i could get a smart/conservative start (i.e. don't go out, falling downhill in 4:30).