Notes
2017 USATFNE XC Championships @ FP: 82nd o/a, 12th GBTC.
Not TERRIBLE, but not a good race. Ran 34:25 last year and was hoping for something similar. The work-trip to Denver definitely didn't help, probably was a bit tired going in and definitely not sharp - no real workouts in over a week. Mostly I think this was just an execution problem, however - didn't run the race appropriate to my fitness level. Went out too fast - last year first two miles were 5:21 & 5:33 (GPS), it was too fast but I was able to hang on to 5:30s and felt really good rolling on people the rest of the race. This year, out even faster (was tailing Brian, hoped I'd be able to run with him but that was unrealistic) and despite trying to relax a bit through mile 2, was still very quick. By the time we entered the first Wilderness loop and I wanted to begin moving on people, I had no next gear - was just in survival mode the rest of the race, surged a bit as people came by me but mostly just in a mindset of trying to hold the pace. Came through 5k in ~17:11 (faster than last year), and 8k in 28:00 (not AWFUL) but slogged the last 2k.