We had to get up a lot earlier than we would have liked to go to the race because some of the girls were in the buckle frosh/soph races, so we just slept on the bus for a while once we got there. I watched everybody's races while I warmed up. Marc & Jon got 4th and 5th in the senior races, and Lil' Warner got seventh in the junior race. When me and Jamison finally got on the line and took our sweats off it was so cold. It was raining pretty hard and there was a wind coming at us that chilled you to the bone. At least I have gotten plenty of practice at running in mud this year between Nike, BYU, and Nebo. The gun went off and I got a terrible start. I got caught behind a pole at the very beginning, and was in about 100th after a quarter mile. I had to weave my way through kids for the next half mile loop and when we came through the mile I was about 30th in 5:00. On the switchbacks I made a move and passed about 10 kids including Joe and Hagen from AF, before ascending the steep hill down to the airstrip. I hit the airstrip and just tried to gain some ground on the front pack while picking off kids who had fallen off. Once I got up poop out hill I caught Josh from Desert Hills and just made sure not to lose him, and we both passed a bunch of of kids on our way around the back of the course to Reservoir hill. Me, him and another kid raced up reservoir three wide and right before we hit the top I put a little surge in to try to drop them on the downhill. Coming down the hill Hagen came up next to me, said hi, then fell back. I was in seventh coming up to the track but Josh and another kid passed me with 200 to go and my legs were just to tired to try to go with them. I ended up ninth in 16:55, which made me our third guy to end the season which was pretty cool. In the chute they made the top ten wait on a bench for a while before giving us instructions about awards. About an hour later they had us go up on a stage and get our picture taken and stuff. Overall I was very happy with the race, and it was a good way to end the season. Next up, ROOT BEER MILE!!!!!!!
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