Notes
5 km @ UC
With perspective, I'm getting a little less angry about this. Solid rustbuster, little bit of a rude reawakening to the track. Felt solid going in, a little bit of stomach troubles but nothing serious. Went out with Matt and Jordan running consistent 37s for 200m splits. Felt great through the first 1.5 miles, then Matt pushed a little and I fell off the back. I just didn't respond to his move to the front in time, and wound up 10m back. Found out its always harder to regain contact than simply maintain in, and mentally took a step back during that 3 mile. Was definitely well within my comfort zone, never felt like I was pushing too hard once I fell off (and to be fair, those 37s felt pretty easy too). Disappointed that I didn't respond, but that's ok. Definitely more used to the roads where you're in visual contact longer, and where hard moves like that aren't always as common.
No time for the race because the lap counters messed up several times during the race, and wound up confusing us about how many laps we had left. Thought I had one extra (as did Matt) when they stopped us, totally confused, and wound up not kicking or even finishing that hard. I was pretty steamed about that, but its fine. It wasn't the main issue of concern during my race.