Notes
64th o/a, 10th GBTC
Was really looking forward to this race, and feel pretty good about it even if it didn’t go quite as well as I think it could have. Time was 10s slower than 3 years ago, but I placed slightly better (66->64) despite it being a larger field - so I’ll still claim this as a better performance. I was hoping this would go really well, and I thought I was having my dream race - after a first mile that felt shocking but controlled, and staying pretty relaxed through mile 2, I got to two miles a bit under 11’ and hit it pretty hard. I was moving up through the field and was running 6th for GBTC in the second wilderness loop after 5k. The wheels came off in the last two miles though, and I faded pretty hard coming out of the second wilderness loop - was mostly getting passed from there to the finish. I still held it together okay, never gave up and wasn’t wayyy slow, but wasn’t that strong finish I was hoping for at all. Still, a decent performance and very fun stuff, XC is awesome. I’ll get fitter, but at least I feel like I am getting good races out of myself. Excited to take on Lehigh!