One of my worst races in a very long time today. I wasnt feeling very good during the warmup, and I probably should have taken that as a sign to back off a little at the beginning, but I did the exact opposite. The gun went off and I went out way harder than I usually do. After about 400 meters I was tucked into sixth behind Alek and Garrett from Ogden, and Colton and Camren from Davis, while Garek was already way ahead. I stayed with those guys through about a mile and a half, then I just fell apart. I don't know what it was but I just felt like I couldn't move once we got into the big field with the hill in it. People just started passing me and there was nothing I could do about it. My last 800 was pretty ugly and I thought I was going to pass out. I ended up finishing, but in like 30th place. Oh well, better to get a bad race out of the legs now rather than later when the races really matter. I don't know how, but the team ended up getting third overall even without 2 of our top 5 guys (Zack and Justin didn't race), and me doing so terrible. I guess it is just extra motivation to run extra hard these next few races. | 