Very pleased with the race. More details to follow.
Spa morning dawned around 40 and windy, but not bad enough that I needed anything beyond WR gloves. In fact I did wind up with some sweat in my eyes, Mile1 was OK on the flat. Struggled a bit with mile 2 but decided to push the climb up West Mountain and see how many people I could pass. Answer was a lot. And I don't think anyone passed me on the downhill. Mile 3 was about 8:00 pace, mile 4 coming down mountain was 7:39, then I really got fast on the flats, with 7:19 and 7:06. If I'd done miles 2 and 4 a little better I maybe could have threatened my PR. As it was, a course PR by three minutes, 4th in a state championship race in AG and salted away my top 10 AG finish for the year. Does this mean I can do something good in Memphis? Sure doesn't hurt my confidence. People were coming up to me afterward that I didn't know (I'd passed them, basically) congratulating me on my run, which felt nice.
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