Today was the Rocky Mountain Shootout. This was not a great race for me, but in the overall scheme, was not too bad. I went out fairly slow, and felt great for the first three miles. At mile 3.5ish, however, I hit a massive wall. From there on, I was just hanging on. I really did not feel like I went out too fast, but after looking at mile splits, I may have. It is unfortunate to be "just hanging on" and not racing for the last two miles, but I thats a risk I took by getting out well. I feel like I still have a bit of cumulative fatigue from Iowa, too, so I am sure that contributed to not feeling zippy today. I still ran substancially faster than last year (when I had a great race) and scored for our team (first time!) but I know I could have run much better. Next up: Pre-Nats!!! I think that I can rest up and have a really good race there! | 