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Glory Days

October 12, 2019 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: 70's; Cloudy

Comments:
Today goes to show how deep our team is. The number of people who PR'ed was in the many dozens. Personally, it was the best race I've ever run. A lot of people could say the same thing about their race.

When I jogged the course this morning, I was ridiculously confused as to which loops went where and whatnot. None of that mattered in the end though.

Before our race began, Caleb Stutman-Shaw said the single most helpful thing I have ever heard before a race ever. He said something along the lines of "go out there and execute."

I recall very little from the first 400m, other than my mouth was very dry and I was fighting to keep a strong pace while Corbin was right on me. The section near the woods was a great stretch to pass people. First mile was 5:28. I worked hard to push the pace to get up to the front pack and I failed to hear the 2nd mile split. Regardless, Corbin was right there and I started to pass more people, hunting down the Flint Hill guy who told me to "slow down" because his "cardio isn't good." He and I spent the last stretch of the race trading places, which made for a real competitive endeavor but was so much fun. Great practice for MACs. Regardless, he and an Edison guy outkicked me in the final stretch. Still a PR, still the best race I've ever run, but I can certainly do better next week and hopefully keep Flint hill within "striking distance."

Congratulations to everyone who PR'ed today, passed someone when they were tired, or just came out to support the team. Once again, this is the deepest program we have had in recent memory. Let's keep the energy going into Third Battle and MACs.