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Regionals

November 15, 2008 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: 35-40 degrees and wet

Comments:
Raced 8k in cold and wet conditions in 25:48. 30th place overall. 22nd place was Dee, the final individual qualifier (ran 25:42). Team placed 7th (12 points behind wabash and about 65 points behind 5th place). 5 teams qualified. beat denison by one point. girl's team qualified.

I felt good during the race. The course was mostly flat but it was wet and muddy in portions. went out in a 4:56 for the first mile, went through 3 miles somewhere between 15:20 and 15:30 I think, went through 4 miles in 20:48. closed in 4:57. was catching Dee but would've need probably about another mile to do it.

Stayed relaxed for the couple of days before the race and didn't stress over it. thought to myself during the race that "this is really fun" and meant it. I wasn't even considering qualifying as a real option beforehand, even though it was. Got a massage by Dan Totman the night before and it felt good. Beat two people from Calvin by .02 and .03 seconds. Took the tuesday prior to the race very easy (like 2 miles) and then kept my easy days at around 3-4 miles on thursday and friday.