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XC Recap
November 17, 2011 (Morning)
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I found out that Chris invented the season recap log on Running log, but Ill put in mine since I did a XC Goals at the beginning of the summer. Lets look back...
"Top 40 at Conference. That is my goal for cross country.
That will be at another level of racing that I think I can be at. I want to train strong over the summer, getting the right training pace and the long runs, and then pace myself through the season, having my strongest race at the end. If I can prove myself at conference in cross, I will know to myself that I can be in the pack at Outdoor.
For the team, I think Nationals is obtainable. We cant get too full of ourselves. UAA lost a lot of people, and we have a chance of being extremely competitive. We definitely have something to prove at regionals though. I plan to be there to do something about it." - June 30th
Also, I wrote on the back of my card the goals I had.
1) Top 40 at Conference
- 61st. I competed at conference, but wasnt a champion. I dint have my best race. I wasnt patient. I let the grudges get the best of me when I should have been running with my teammates. In the middle of the race, I ended up alone and paid for it. Still, I went in with a better mindset than outdoor last year, like I belonged, and I could run with the group. I did keep up with everyone, until the 2 mile when I started to loose contact. The cool think is, track is 2 miles. If I can keep up for those first 2, I damn sure will keep up for the 1.8 on the track. I would have love to see a 40 next to my name, but I was there, and I got that experience to keep moving up and being where I can be.
2) Regionals Team. I will represent
- I dont know why I wrote this. I didnt think I was going to be running at regionals at the beginning of the season. I kinda wanted to get to UAA and run there. I guess it hit me mid way through that I have a duty to help this team, and run gusty and hard each race. Thats what put me on the regionals team. I didnt score this year, but feel I was still playing defense in case anything happened. After this season, I know where I belong, and I know I can belong there.
3) Break 26:30 (Take a minute off freshman)
- Wow not really close to this one. Doesnt matter because times didnt really matter this year. All Ohio and Oberlin would have been sub 27 in good conditions. I did take 20 seconds off. What I did this year that was different was stay consistent. I didnt slow down as much this year, and stayed strong and finished very consistenly in each race. Didnt burn out, even though I felt like it in my legs, and in my ankles. I do want to go faster though. Leg speed will help I think. All those races came out of guts, and just sticking in there when it got hard. I didn’t speed up much. You cant win that way. Ill think about it, since I need the gust more than ever for track, were my foot speed isn’t going to matter as much.
4) Always top 10
-Yea, even from sudeck (barely). Doin work.
Briefly talked to coach, and she was glad to see me back to where I should have been all along. Now I know I can do it, and where I should be. I had fun in all the races this year, even if they hurt, and I though my stomach was gonna explode after all ohio. This was the season I needed. Also talked to Rubin yesterday about all the little things, and how they got me back to where I am. I messed myself up going hard in the pain freshman year. 10 years of running will do that to you. I had to work harder than I ever had to get back what I loved and lost. It was worth it. Those things matter, and I know that as fact from experience.
As for the team, I think we showed improvements from last year, and we did what we had to with all the circumstances. No one can say we didnt go out there and give it what we had. I am truly proud of everyone for that.