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Photo shoot

November 28, 2015 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
I was really excited going into this race. For the first time I actually did feel like I was there to have fun and not worry so much about time. Unfortunately my lungs weren't aware of that, and I felt short of breath basically from when we got to the course till shortly after my race, at which point my lungs felt free and my breathing was perfect. So my race itself wasn't what I had hoped it would be. I was really optimistic going into this meet. I've been feeling good in workouts (now I'm wishing I'd run an extra 200 to get a 5k PR in the workout last week) and I wasn't super nervous. I was in the very very back the entire time and I was close to alone for a good bit of the race. My breathing felt constrained from the start but it got worse as I went along, particularly during the second section in the woods. My time was about a minute slower than I ran at derwood a couple weeks ago, so that's a disappointing. I think I maybe should have pushed harder on the hill at the end. It's just annoying that this is the end of xc and I may never get the chance to do better in an xc 5k, even though I think I can. Seems like a lot of people were disappointed in their race though.
Despite the disappointment, it was an awesome day and I'm so glad I came. xc has given me so much and I'm so happy I got to have one last celebration of the sport with some really great teammates. Also we got hats.
It was great running around with the open race girls. I had a lot of fun with you guys today and all season. Congrats to Katherine for the school record and Abby for breaking 19, and everyone else for great seasons and great races.
I also caught 3 leaves with a final total of 9.
Most importantly, we finally got our photo shoot.