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Regionals
I'm decently happy with this race. Went out in like 4th or 5th/5th or 6th with Julia. Julia and I stayed together for the first 2k which really helped me and I think helped her too. These two Northwestern girls flew past us at about 1/1.5k and it just wasn't time to go and I think we (definitely me) would have died if we went with them. At about 3k Julia left me and from then on I was running by myself and just keeping my eyes on the Iowa state girl ahead of me. I caught her at about the 4.5k/5k. It was definitely windy and hot out there and maybe the combo of that and running 4k of the race alone contributed to my time. I was feeling kind of nauseous with maybe an 400-800 to go, the only time last season this happened to me was Nationals but it seems like it's happened more often this season...maybe I just need to eat really bland things. The finish felt very long and I was trying not to throw up when Madeline Pape (look her up) passed me. Really hoping for another All American performance and a PR at Nationals but we'll see. My goal is to hang with Julia for as much of the race as possible (more than a 2k if possible) while also racing the smartest race for me.
I'm really proud of our women. Our top 5/top 7 (besides me) is completely different from last year which is a big deal and we still performed well and all of IXC did a great job showing all the other clubs how big and professional we are. Definitely looking forward to Nats. And props to Northwestern women, they only had 9 girls
So happy my family and dogs came out to watch this race :-) the excitement that my dad has for me while he runs around the course is one of many reasons why I love XC so much