Today was the Alumni Meet on the dreaded MC course. Went for a 15 minute warmup with hayden and did some strideouts. My knee was clicking and it was kind of uncomfortable. I was pretty anxious for this race for this whole week. As we started, Joe and I went out pretty quick and at the first mile I was a 5:31. After the hill coming off the dirt road, my body really tried to relax, and that just slowed me down a ton. That is the one place on the course that I need to push harder. Cemetery hill felt alright as I tried to attack every hill we ran on. It was really hot and I wasn't going as fast as I wanted to. I probably could have pushed harder for the last half mile. I ended up finishing with a time of 17:18. That's a P.R. on this course, and if you don't already know, that whole course is pretty much hills. Definitley one of the hardest courses in the state. I wasn't too happy with the time I got because I know I can do better, but it was okay and I had a good time running it. Shout out to Branson for pulling a Spencer and not showing up the whole summer and then coming in the top 5! He's gonna kill it this year.
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