First day of camp USA. Camp started in the afternoon, so only 5 miles today. My roommate(who I ran with for the most part) is a guy named Charlie from Georgia. He runs a 4:40 and 16:30. His teammates, Max and Will, are here as well(they have even better PRs). The first mile of the run was about a 7:30 because everyone thought they were a hot shot and went ham on what was supposed to be a medium day, pushing the four of us to the back. We caught a lot of people after that, ran about 17 minutes in, and turned back(we run in minutes, not miles here. Since max and will have been here longer than Charlie and I, they were told to be between 35-45 minutes instead of the new kids, 25-35 minutes. Charlie, Will, and I turned around but Max went a couple minutes more before turning. At this point the trail got smaller from people, so I was pushed behind the other guys, and got mad cramps(it's 8000 ft elevation here), so I slowed down a bit. I finished around 20 seconds behind Charlie, who averaged a 6:46 pace, so I'd call it 6:50 for me. After that strides and stretching.
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