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Jimmy D citizens race and a couple of thoughts

August 29, 2009 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: Nice,

Comments:
Ran much better this year than last. I got out pretty smooth, but was nervous about feeling worn out. However, as I got my legs going I started to feel pretty dang good. I was running with my friend Aaron who ran for ISU. He was feeling pretty good, so I let him lead the first mile. We went through in 5:18 which was kinda hard, but I still felt in control. Then I decided to try to break him in the next mile, so I picked it up a little bit, or so I thought. He got a side cramp or something so he pretty much fell off as soon as I sped up. 2 miles in 10:38 not too fast or too slow. Then I just tried to win by as much as I could. So my last mile was quicker. I think 5:07 or something. All in all a pretty easy race for me. 16:19 I'm pretty happy about that.

Other thoughts: The varsity races were great compared to last year with similar weather. Our varsity girls without Becca or Lila were had an average 5k 25 seconds faster than last year. With lila, becca, and sora in normal form we would have been way over 1 minute faster on average. Rocky beat us, but with lila we would have killed them and competed a bit with MVHS. WE Beat CENTENNIAL! first time in 5 years for our girls. Things are looking great for us.

Boys top five were 45 seconds faster on average compared to last year. However, we have a lot of work to do if we want to make state. Rocky is beatable, but it will be hard. We will close the gap little by little and overtake them.