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CMXLVIII

September 26, 2015 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: 60s, perfect

Comments:
Episcopal relays sophomore year, Glory Days senior year, I never learn. I still decided to race even though I had not fully recovered! Let me be clear that I was sick the week of Montreal and for some time after, was almost completely rid of it and then last week it came back, this time a dry hacking cough instead of a productive one. Other than that, I didn't have any other symptoms and tried to counteract it as usual with DayQuil, tea and a cough syrup. Training was going okay, but today has been a wake up call that I need to get better.

Splits today on the Mt. Greylock HS course were 5:25, 11:28--you can tell just by that metric how awfully I performed, but remember also that my SOPHOMORE YEAR PR was 17:49! I wasn't particularly negative or down on myself during the race, just utterly lacking motivation and unable to stick with person after person who passed me. Just not the best decision. Moreover, I just don't know what to do now. A visit to the health center--where the nurse gave me some Claritin--has revealed that this cough could go on for weeks. And based on recent signs, it doesn't look like I'll be running in many championship meets. So from a competitive perspective, I won't have too many other chances to make the season worthwhile. Not to mention I could be 100% healthy and still run terribly.

The women won the 6k, men took second to Amherst in the 8k, and we got second in the 5k.