Warm uped 2.5 and talked up the race with casey. streched and did some stridders and pumped up for the race.
The gun went off and i took off about 25 at the beginning. After going around the little dirt loop twice i got up to 10th, still feeling super good and fresh. Then on the switch backs i passed 5 or so people and reached the top pack at the top of the hills. Coming down i ran right behind the leader and drafted off him. then right before the second hill i took off. It seemed that on the hills i would do much better than the other kids and get a good lead, then on the down hills they would catch back up. then coming around the mountain to the third hill i kind of relaxed a lot because no one was around me. All of a sudden the second place guy caught up to me and gained a lot of ground on the huge down hill. Then going around the the dirt tail and onto the track i slowed down a bit so he could pass me, because then he doesnt try as hard as he would if he were behind me, then out kicked him the last 100 meters. After the race finished i still felt so good and exited that i felt i could do it again 5 min later :)
After i raced i ran with devo and tyson about 1.5 miles for their warm-up.
This was a good week of running and racing. I'm kind of sad that XC is over because i'm finally starting to feel good.... But all the better for track! | 