It was super fun going in the seeded race. It was crazy doing strides and seeing Matthew Maton and John Dressel 10 feet away. I got out ok, i had a good seed place, so I was on the front line, Thomas and Sean were in the back. I didn't really care if I ran farther, so I was way on the outside because I didn't want to get boxed in. At one point in the race I was running on a bank so I was way tipped over. I did pretty good on the switch backs, I passed a lot of guys. Then I just tried to fly down the down hills. No matter how good of shape yur in this course kicks yur butt. There was multiple times I thought to myself why I was running this course, because you are so tired going up the hills. Its at sea level tho, so that helped a little bit. I had a good kick once we got to the track and I finished 97th place with a 16:58. I didn't have a time or place goal coming in, but I'll just say it was break 17 and get top 100.
Congrats to garek for getting 9th! He's going to Nationals so thats awesome. Conner got 5th. Lucy got 7th at Nike Nationals so good job to her. It was awesome, I had a small conversation with Matthew Maton
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