It was windy today. Hence the time. I drafted behind Nate Hornock for the first 5 miles. I went 16:50, 18:18. When we turned around, it was like running into a wind tunnel. With about a mile to go, Nate cut to the other side of the road and started running 5:20 pace. Inexperienced as I am with racing tactics, I was caught off-guard and left in the dust. I learned a lesson, but tactics aside, I do not think I could have stayed with him even without the swerve to the side of the road. Nate gapped me by 31 seconds in the last mile. I did about 5:50 in the last mile, kicking as hard as I could. Ended up with 35:08, 7th place overall, and, ironically, set my official 5K PR of 16:50 on the way out :-). Of course, my PR from two weeks ago was weak, but a PR is still a PR.
Studied for Linear Algebra (BYU Math 313) when I got home. I am challenging (testing out of) the class next week. I did some problems from previous BYU Math 313 midterms and a final, but most of my time was spent doing problems from an MIT final. The MIT final was longer, a little more in depth, and had problems that used the same concepts but required more actual problem solving skills. The MIT final also gave certian concepts different weight than the BYU finals and misterms did.
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