Bob Firman today. We got to the course early and chilled a while before warming up. The race started and I definitely did not get out well enough. We hit the turn and I was right in the thick of the pack. I almost stepped on a snake but I dodged it. The whole first 1200 was just crazy and dusty. I think I spent way too much energy dodging people and trying to move up, but when we hit the mile I was able to get out of the worst of it. Shoutout to Ethan Field from Skyview because he totally got shoved and ended up straddling one of the fence things about 600 in, but came back and got top 20, props. Anyway I came through the mile in like 5:02. The next mile I kept moving up and passing people, but I missed the clock so I don't know what my two mile split was. The last mile I tried to hang on to Jamison but he took off when we hit the beach, and I didn't go with him when I really should have. I hit the last hill and passed A few guys on the way down, then kicked it in. My kick was actually decent today, and I out kicked a couple pretty solid guys. I ran 16:07 which was slower than I wanted, but not terrible. I beat a couple solid guys like Colton Rimman and Garret Barton, but looking at results I really should have been top 20. Oh well. We got fifth as a team, which was ok, but we should have been closer to those top 4 teams than we were. Overall a super fun trip, and I am more motivated than ever to run well at region and state. | 