AM: Practice today we had our dirt mile repeats which weren't too bad. We had 5 of them at the goal time of 6:38. Ran with Byron and Coach, hit 6:21, :32, :32, :31, :31. It felt good and we finished up practice with 8 miles. PM: Weights today no afternoon run because of the 5K later. RACE: Got to the church and found the guys and ran a 1 mile warm up and I felt pretty warm. Coach showed up just in time to help pull Byron and I to fast times. We started and we were cruisn' I don't think I have ever started a 5K that fast. I had my doubts at the start.. Didn't know if I could hold this pace or close to it to get that fast time I wanted. After the first loop around St. James I was feeling better. I got some water splashed on me and took the lead for a second, it felt weird to take the lead but a good weird. I settled back into the pace with Coach around the turn and he really got me moving again going up the backside of the neighborhood. I was feeling good but tired, I knew that there wasn't too much left in the race. I followed Coach through the crowds of walkers and then I moved up to the lead for the final road to the finish line. At this point in time I didn't know if anyone was close to me but I really wanted to push cause I saw sub 16:00 in sight. I pushed and pushed till I saw the steeple of the church which was a big boost knowing that I was that close. Then amid the dark sky I could see the finish and I gave it one last push and finished with a 15:48 a new PR and I was very pleased.... and exhausted. This was a great confidence booster for me at the start of what is going to be a awesome XC season for our team. I was very impressed with of all the guys that ran this, you all did great! Now to just continue working hard and finding positives out of every workout. Definitely a good day.
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