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The Beginning of the End

October 28, 2017 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
ISL championships today. The first of only two championship meets this year. It was a beautiful day for a race on I think the most magical course of the year. I'm not unhappy with the race--I think I raced hard and thoughtfully, but I'm also not blown away by my performance. I'm not sure if I gave it the extra strength the championships deserve. I tried to hold back a little in the first mile because last week I trusted myself too much, went out way too fast, and felt awful the last 2 miles. However, I still didn't really feel the extra energy in the last 2 miles on this course. I definitely felt better than last week, but also couldn't make myself race as aggressively as I think I could have. The hardest part of the race for me was hairpin hill. I felt pretty nauseous, slowed down a bunch, and didn't really take full advantage of that downhill. Matt and Ethan were cheering on the next hill before the creek though, and I think I raced that last 3/4 of a mile the best of the race. Overall, I'm decently happy, but just wish I could find that extra power that I had at Salesianum and Third Battle. Despite an imperfect race, I'm so proud of the team, so grateful to have amazing coaches that we see daily and those who we don't, but who still come to see us race and cheer us on, and so happy to get to spend my day at Derwood which is still such a magical place no matter how my race goes.