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Big South Conference Championships

November 2, 2013 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: Warm

Comments:
Well today was a pretty crazy day. We got here in plenty of time this morning and started warming up about an hour before. I honestly did not feel that great on the warm up. My right leg felt pretty tight and when we went up some small hills I was getting worried about the race. I did as much as I could to get loose, I stretched through the full routine, Brooke stretched me out too. We went down to the line and did some strides and I got into my spikes. I just had to trust God and throw my worry aside. The race went off and I wanted to be conservative with the way that I got out. Going up the 1st hill I was probably in the 30s-40s place wise and I purposefully didn't push up the hill too hard. Once I got to the top I focused on getting back into a good quick rhythm. I was with Zach and Nate at the top of the hill and tried to keep going with Zach as we passed the mile at the same time. I didn't hear what my time was but that was okay, I just focused on keeping a good pace through that lap. I felt pretty good, not like the last time I ran the course. Going into the second loop I was actually basically with Sam and Kip. I worked up this hill a little harder with Sam and then again tried to get back into a good pace. By the end of loop 1 I was actually probably in about 20th place. It was Me, Kip, Sam and the Radford kid for a bit, it was really hard to keep going after the second hill. I hit 5k in 16:58. I was able to get around the Radford kid with Kip and shortly after that Kip made a hard move which was good to see but then I caught him shortly after that going up the hill to get to the 4 mile mark. There was a High Point guy in my sight and I saw that Crawford and LaCoste were 1-2 up ahead so I knew every High Point guy mattered and I could displace him. I went by Kip and just focused on catching the High Point guy. I had gotten closer to him going up the last hill and I put as much effort as I could in getting up the last hill. It was tough to move hard at all. But I actually caught Benji going up the hill because he was walking and then down the steep hill I knew I could catch Reece who I had been trying to catch. I caught him shortly after the first uphill after the steep downhill and I passed him hard and just started kicking even though I was 400+ meters out. As I turned the last bend and could see the finish line I saw Caleb staggering and fall on his hands and knees about 100m from the finish line. I was pretty shocked but just sprinted up to him and picked him up and tried to give him a little push towards the finish. I don't even remember what I said, I just remember people were screaming and I didn't make out a single word. Once I got Caleb up I sprinted towards the finish line and looked back and didn't see Reece. I knew I had beaten him so I slowly crossed the finish line and quickly looked back at Caleb. The men working in the shoot forcefully shoved me through the shoot. I was spent, I had gave that race everything I had and finished in 27:05, over 2:30 faster then the first time I ran it. I ended up being our #5 runner and we won by 8 points. It was absolutely crazy but I'm thankful for how it turned out despite the adversity.