I lost my bib number...I was really worried about that for the first part of the day, and ended up going to the problem registration area with Olivia and got a new one. The guy said they normally charge $50 for that to happen, and I still can't tell if he was kidding. It wouldn't surprise me if that was true. But he said I looked like a nice person so he did it for me for free.
I ran about 2 miles of warmup including strides and such. Then came the racing part of the trip.
I got a bad start. I got boxed in right at the beginning. The 2nd time going around the field area I was able to start to make moves and move up, but then came the stupid switchbacks. I felt the negative thoughts coming on but I told myself "not today" and worked through it. I was able to keep running, something I was worried I wouldn't do because last year that was where I died. So I was able to keep going. Then I was fine until the 2nd hill, where I really wanted to stop, but I didn't, I kept going. Then on the 3rd hill I was breaking down and my optimism was fading. Right at the top was where I walked and I'm really mad about it. I crashed and the last half mile I wasn't racing anymore, just running it, wanting to be done. I'm really mad about it, I wish I would've been able to get myself to start kicking and stay focused. If I had I might've been able to medal. I was 59th though and it was the faster race, compared to my 131 last year in the normal race with 23:37. So I guess there was improvement, but I had wanted to do better.
Then I did a cool down of 2.5. Just did as much as I felt like doing.
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