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McQuiad

October 1, 2016 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: A minor Monsoon

Comments:
On one hand I improved over last week. On the other hand I am way behind the rest of the guys and am slower than last year. I guess I don't know what to say about this years McQuaid.

Felt very composed today on the bus and at the park. Wanted to go out quicker than the past few weeks and try and pack run with Jeremy and Scott.

Race starts and I do go out quicker, Tommy was on my shoulder, but I failed to hook up with Scott and Jeremy. I ended up lost in the shuffle for the first mile or so. Simon and Daren passed me around the half mile mark and I didn't even react, I really should have followed them, considering how they did. Ended up just racing on my own for the rest of the race, kind of floundering. During the second and third mile I was trying to trash talk myself into racing faster, insulting and emasculating all of the runners around me. In my head of course. The idea was to tell myself that I am better than these guys and to prove to myself that I was. The problem was, I didn't really follow through on my thoughts. I should have started hunting, but I was in a standstill from the 1.5 to 2.75 mile mark.

I did improve on last weeks speed rating by a good bit, so there's a positive (107 -> 126). Improvements were made, but I need to be more aggressive if I want to make Sectionals this year.