I'd been so nervous today's time trial with my new team at USU, but it
actually went really well! Did a little warmup around the field
beforehand, then got going on the time trial. It was a 10k with a goal
pace of 6:40/mi; Coach Gensel rode his bike with us to keep us on pace.
I haven't done very much continuous tempo work this summer, so I was
scared that I'd die after a mile or two. But it went awesome! I got a
bit tired at the turnaround and on a couple of slight uphill spots on
the way back, but overall, it was great. Avg. pace was 6:39/mi with
mile splits at 6:48, 6:43, 6:59, 6:29, 6:34 and 6:23 and total time of
41:06. And, as a plus, I finished first of the freshmen and in the
first group of girls! Took an ice bath after and it felt awesome. (GT 27.2) Later in the day (at the mini-camp thing with the team), we all ran down from our cabin at Bear Lake to the lake and played around there. Then we ran back up to the cabin, all wet! Fun times. (GT 31.1)
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