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Nike X Regionals

November 13, 2010 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: Cold

Comments:
What got me most excited for the race was actually the awesome bini we got before the race. For some reason I just love that thing. And I'll give credit to the girls race, they were exciting to watch. I lost my chip right before I got to the start line, and almost was going to race without it, but luckily some random person turned it in. Thank-you! Got to the starting line and was finally ready...

The race was a blast. It was fun and watching Dan in first at the very start got me pumped for the rest of the race. The hill wasn't too bad and hearing Bryce and Muri cheer made it feel like an important race. I tried to imagine people cheering in random spots so that I would pick up the pace, weird but it worked.

The 2nd half I got my 2nd wind and said to myself, I can run faster now! Picked up the pace and starting passing quite a bit of people. I was running strong and at the end this one kid must of been saving up because when he saw I was going to pass him, he went crazy and just sprinted like a cheetah and I couldn't keep up. Made me feel better though, because I knew I tried harder than him. When I saw the time I saw it going towards 19 mins. I wanted to get under that so I tried to run faster and I barely beat 19, and I mean barely with an 18:59:3. 30 second PR from Bob Firman which was the same course and I didn't run much before it, so I was satisfied. Chirs and Lilah were of course extremely beastly. Loved to be in another race again since districts. Want to relax from running a bit now, depends on how much I get out of shape.