AM: Road race! Team Cardi-NO is defs the best. Ha. Did warmups then hopped in cars and were dropped off a mile from where we start. Got in one stride then we started. Legs were definitely feeling yesterday, were incredibly heavy. But it's ok, I worked hard and did my best. First mile I wanted to hang back and relax, not go out too fast. Ashley said she wanted to do the same so I thought I'd try to stick on her for a while. There ended up being a large pack of us going that same pace, but it felt faster than it should've, so I guess there went my plan haha. Came through the mile in 5:55, second mile I started really feeling it and started to fall back. 6:22 for the second mile, then died hard to 7:06 for the third. I'm just not as strong as I used to be, which I guess can be expected from coming back from a mission, but it's still discouraging. Last mile I tried to maintain whatever pace I was going (turns out it was slow but whatevs) then really tried to kick at the end and was able to again. That's one positive, as I get in better shape I hope I can continue to develop a strong finish. Ended up with 6:13 for .9, 25:37 for 3.9 miles. That's 2 minutes and 7 seconds slower than my freshman year, dang. I'm a bit discouraged at how slow I am but I'm just going to try to be positive and be happy with my improvement from here on out.
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