Drove down early from Pine Valley to run the race, I'd gotten a little less than 2 hours of sleep, so during the race I was basically running on pure adrenaline and a cookie. Warmed up with the team a bit over a mile, stretched and lined up for the race - hoping to win it, esp. since they give good prizes for overall winner. My race strategy the whole race was to stay with Erica Schramm (who beat me at this race last year) and out-kick her at the end, however, she was just a titch faster the whole race and increased the gap between us by a slight margin over the course of the race. So she beat me. Dang it.
I did run a good race overall, though, beating last years' time of 19:31 by 34 seconds, so that was satisfying. Also, had I gotten more sleep and been less sore (my right calf esp. has been sore since last Friday) and worn out from yesterday's AT workout, I think I would've done a bit better. Cooled down barefoot a bit less than a mile after racing, then drove back up to Pine Valley - yippee. And that DD spike is not my favorite at all. And my legs are kinda (really) hammered from going from three 10-15 mile weeks in a row to a 40 mile week. (DST 202.8) (DD spike 19)
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