Notes
5th Season 8k in CR. Poor race. 11th place.
Got out pretty well, just wanted to try to be around 5:10 at the first mile and hopefully try to run with Adam Bohach. Accomplished both of those things as Adam and I were side by side in 6th and 7th at the first split. Early in mile 2 though, we started going up hill and I just couldn't maintain pace. My legs didn't feel snappy or fresh at all, just like bricks. And I started slowing significantly. Fell back to Trai around mile 2 and ran with him until about mile 3.5 when I gapped him again on the way back. Was able to pick it up again somewhat the last two miles, but not nearly enough. Lost to Nate Hopp for the first time ever, which is dumb. Losing to Hopp is unacceptable, and I need to redeem myself against him at Bix and just bury him.
Obviously my time was shit, but given that it was over 80 degrees with 90% humidity, that's not awful. Bohach thought he was in sub-5 shape, and he ran 26:30, Brogan ran nearly 24:40, so it was just a slow day across the board for everyone in the race. Definitely frustrated with my placing, but hopefully this got the junk out of my legs so I can roll at Midnight Madness and Bix